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EU Wants Greek Landfill Fines

xomateriThe European Commission is taking Greece back to the European Court of Justice for failing to implement an earlier ruling on illegal landfills.

Failing to obey a court ruling for eight years, Greece was chastised by the EU which is wants the courts to impose daily fines of 71,193 euros ($93,861) for ignoring the previous court order, as it does with many other rulings it does not want to obey, and for which it is frequently not penalized for violating the law.

In 2005, the ruled that Greece was not taking sufficient measures to close down and rehabilitate illegal landfills, of which there were several hundred operating across the country, the news agency ANSA reported. Since then, the government has done almost nothing to meet the order’s requirements.

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