Brussels, 17/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has just sent a reasoned opinion to Belgium urging it to comply fully with a ruling returned by the Court of Justice on 14 June 2001. This ruling condemned Belgian legislation (Walloon and Flanders regions) for allowing activities with a negative impact on the environment to be authorised without an express act of the competent authority. Under Belgian law, when an application for authorisation is lodged and there is no objection...