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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8172
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment

Commission reacts to failure by some member states to transpose directives on air quality and emissions

Brussels, 15/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission decided to take action against several Member States for not having or for having incorrectly transposed Community legislation on air quality and emissions. It referred several to the Court of Justice: - France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain in relation to a directive on consumer access to fuel economy and CO2 emissions data; - Italy and the United Kingdom concerning an amendment to the Fuel Standards Directive; - and Germany in relation to the Directive on the Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels. Austria will also be taken before the Court for incomplete transposition of directives on municipal waste incinerators. Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Greece, Spain and Finland each received a reasoned opinion (second warning) for failure to adopt the legislation required for transposition of the directive on volatile organic compounds (VOC). Finally, Austria received a reasoned opinion for failure to bring its legislation into conformity with the Ozone Directive.

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