Italy has breached European Union law on air quality, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concluded in a ruling handed down on Tuesday 10 November (Case C-644/18).
This judgment follows infringement procedures against Italy initiated by the European Commission in 2014. According to the institution, the limit values set for PM10 particles by the EU directive (2008/50) on ambient air quality were systematically and persistently exceeded in a number of zones on Italian...