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| European Commission takes legal action against 10 Member States (including Frawnce!) |
| 2004-04-06 |
| Severely EFL Brussels, 5 April 2004 - The European Commission has sent France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Portugal and Sweden a second written warning for failing to comply with an EU law aimed at promoting the use of low sulphur petrol and diesel fuels. Frawnce disobeying the great European Masters? Say it ain’t so! (Oh, wait... they think they are the masters of Europe. Guess it’s OK then. This law seeks to reduce the amount of sulphur in fuels to 10 mg/kg. It thereby contributes to reducing emissions from motor vehicles, which adversely affect human health and the environment. National laws should have been in place 30 June 2003. That’s the Euros, all right - shoulda, coulda, woulda - but didn’t. None of the Member States in question has met this deadline. Bwahahahahaha The Commission has also sent first written warnings to the UK, Luxembourg and Belgium for infringing an EU law aimed at like damaging their ecomonies and shackling their people aimed at curbing the use and emission of ozone-depleting chemicals. Got insominia? Read the rest - that should cure it. So the Euros aren’t meeting the "obligations" set by their betters in Brussels. I’m shocked, shocked, I tell you. What do you bet that if they impose a fine, Frawnce doesn’t pay it? |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #2 I guess now these countries won't criticize US for not signing Kyoto Treaty.Suuuure! |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-04-06 10:21:10 PM |
| #1 France & Germany can afford to pay the fines. It's just the cost of doing business. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-04-06 9:41:49 PM |