Brussels threatens to take Portugal to court for harmful waste treatment
The Portugal Commission is correctly applying EU legislation on deadline and community waste, this Thursday, going to court if authorities do not take into account proven measures not of two months.
In the framework of the monthly package for implementing incorrect infrastructure to Member States, adopting the monthly solution, correctly implementing the application of infrastructure to Member States, correctly adopting-applying to community landfill measures and applying- correctly to community landfills and to apply dissatisfied with the response. submitted by the national authorities to the procedure launched last February.
Recalling that “a landfill measure established standards for landfills to prevent adverse effects on human health, water, soil and air”, preventing Member States from taking measures to ensure that only waste that has been treated for treatment is landfilled”, the Commission points out that it envies a letter of formal notice to Portugal in February 2022, “since at least 59% municipal waste is deposited in landfills without any”.
“Having evaluated the response presented by the authorities, the Commission concluded that Portuguese measures are sufficient to ensure that waste is treated before being deposited in a landfill and that Portugal needs updates to its waste management infrastructure so that its municipal belongings are in accordance with the requirements of the EU”, meets the executive today.
Therefore, the Commission will issue an opinion to decide the infringement procedure, according to Justice, in case it responds to a probable decision for the Court of Justice. of the European Union”.