On Friday 30 January, the European Commission decided to refer Romania to the Court of Justice of the European Union for its failure to fulfil its obligations regarding the landfill of waste under the Treaty of Accession of Romania and the Landfill Directive (Directive 1999/31/EC, as amended by Directive 2018/850).
The directive requires Member States to take the necessary measures to close and rehabilitate landfills that have not been granted a permit or that do not meet the operating...