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EU set to sue Italy over Naples rubbish crisis: source
0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008
BRUSSELS (AFP) — The European Commission is poised to sue Italy before an EU court for failing to resolve a rubbish collection crisis in the Naples region, an EU source said Tuesday.
Measures proposed by the government to tackle the situation were "insufficient" or "not satisfying," according to the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"The management plan is not satisfying because it lacks sites for treating waste, no adequate stocking site is foreseen and nothing is planned for sorting rubbish," the official said.
As a result, the commission would decide at a Tuesday May 6 meeting to ask the European Court of Justice to order Italian authorities to take action or face fines, the source said.
The rubbish crisis, which has dragged on for the...
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