Brussels, 30/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission decided on 20 December to refer Ireland to the Court of Justice of the European Communities for the second time to secure enforcement of a previous judgement handed down in September 1999. It also decided to propose that the Court impose a fine of EUR 21,600 a day from the day of the second judgement. The case concerns Ireland's failure to abide by the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive with regard to peat extraction.
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