Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 03/04/2015

Subject: According to the Court, Italian legislation under which owners of land who are not polluters are not required to adopt preventive and remedial measures is compatible with EU law. Member States are free to provide that those owners are only to incur financial liability, where such measures are taken by the authorities

Parties: Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare, Ministero della Salute, Ispra – Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 37 Environmental protection

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