Germany has systematically and persistently exceeded EU legal limit values for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) since 2010 in 26 areas of the country. It has failed to put in place the necessary schemes to tackle the problem in good time, in breach of Directive 2008/50 on ambient air quality and cleaner air in Europe, said the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in a judgment handed down on Thursday 3 June (Case C-635/18).
This judgment vindicates the European Commission, which had brought an action...