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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7933

28 March 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment/greece
The Kouroupitos flytipping case can be considered closed

Brussels, 27/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 4 July 2000, Greece was instructed to pay a fine of EUR 20,000 a day for illegal flytipping at Kouroupitos in Crete, infringing Community waste management regulations (Directive 99/31/EC). This case may now be considered closed. On 8 March 2001, Greece informed the European Commission that the tip had been shut down on 26 February. The Commission investigated this claim and found that the tip had in fact been closed. Greece has been fined a total of...

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