EU Takes Slovenia, Sweden To Court Over PM10

By Erin Marie Daly

Law360, New York (March 18, 2010, 1:47 PM ET) -- The European Commission is refusing to lay down its sword in enforcement proceedings against five member states that allegedly have yet to comply with limits on environmentally harmful airborne particles, sending two countries to court and issuing final written warnings to three others on Thursday.

Slovenia and Sweden have been referred to the European Court of Justice, while final written warnings have been sent to Cyprus, Portugal and Spain over the states' purported failure to fall in line with a January 2005 law capping emissions of...
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