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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8495

2 July 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
European Commission attacks Spain for pollution, slurry, pig carcasses and nitrates in Baix Ter region (Gerona)

Luxembourg, 01/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Kingdom of Spain is responsible for pollution in the Baix Ter region in the province of Gerona. This is a serious level of pollution and is due to slurry and animal carcasses, as well as nitrates. This involves the European Commission versus Spain, which had just attempted to have it tried at the European court of Justice.

Member States are obliged, in accordance with the 1975 Directive EC on waste (75/442/ECC) amended in 1991) to manage and eva...

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