Brussels, 30/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - Last week, the European Commission decided to refer Italy to the Court of Justice for not having correctly transposed the Framework-Directive on waste into national legislation. It has also decided to send reasoned opinions (second warning) to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Austria for non-compliance with the same directive.
The Community has a common definition of the concept of waste through the Framework-Directive. In addition, the European...