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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9714
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

Individuals may use European law to call for action plan on pollution

Brussels, 30/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Court of Justice ruled on 25 July that Bavarian authorities (Freistaat Bayern) could be required to implement an action plan to reduce the quantity of particulate matter in the atmosphere in Munich. City resident Dieter Janecek brought an action to that effect before the regional courts, which, in turn, asked the European Court whether an individual could directly invoke Community legislation.

German law does not allow Mr Janecek to call...

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