Brussels, 04/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is continuing legal action against Portugal over three breaches of EU law to protect human health and the environment. Portugal is being sent a final written warning that it will be taken to the European Court of Justice. The Commission is critical of Portugal over management of industrial waste, the fact that it does not adequately register the quantities of such wastes nor properly treat them. An inventory of waste produced in Portugal showed that the actual volume of hazardous industrial waste was some 20% higher than the amount declared by operators. In the case of non-hazardous industrial waste the gap was even wider; a large urban resort and golf course in the Algarve: an impact assessment show that this would have significant effects on at least three types of rare habitats covered by the EU's Habitats Directive; inadequate treatment of urban waste water from a major coast area near Lisbon: five years after the derogation was granted, waste water discharged from the Estoril agglomeration still does not minimum standards in the directive on treatment.