The governing majority PSD-ALDE could challenge the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report issued by the European Commission on Tuesday to the Court of Justice of the EU, an option confirmed by the Chamber of Deputies deputy speaker, Florin Iordache. ...
Read More »Bucharest – one step away from being fined for toxic air, law case at the Court of Justice of the EU begins
The law case in which Romania is being sued because it has not taken steps to eliminate the toxic air in Bucharest has officially begun on Monday, as the Environment Ministry received from the Court of Justice of the EU ...
Read More »EC refers Poland to the European Court of Justice to protect the independence of the Polish Supreme Court
On Monday, the European Commission decided to refer Poland to the Court of Justice of the EU due to the violations of the principle of judicial independence created by the new Polish Law on the Supreme Court, and to ask ...
Read More »Update: Foreign Ministry provides explanations after the EC has sued Romania for not implementing anti-money laundering rules
The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) has issued a communiqué on Friday, regarding the European Commission decision to sue Romania for not implementing the anti-money laundering rules. MAE argues this is a ‘standard procedure’ and that a draft bill to ...
Read More »EC refers Romania, five other countries, to the Court of Justice of the EU on air quality issues
The European Commission is providing national, regional and local actors with practical help to improve air quality in Europe, and stepping up its enforcement against 7 Member States who have breached agreed EU rules on air pollution limits and type ...
Read More »EC sues Romania for failing to adopt national measures on waste management and prevention
The European Commission is taking Romania to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to review and adopt its national waste management plan and waste prevention programme, in line with the objectives of EU Waste Framework Directive and ...
Read More »EC takes Romania to EU’s Court of Justice for failure to upgrade landfills
In an effort to urge to speed up the process, the European Commission (EC) decided to bring the Romanian authorities before the Court of Justice of the EU for failure to close and rehabilitate 68 illegal landfills, which represent a ...
Read More »EC requests Romania to fully comply with the Oil Stocks Directive
The European Commission (EC) formally requested Romania on Thursday to ensure the correct implementation and application of the Oil Stocks Directive (Council Directive 2009/119/EC), the press release informs. The EU rules impose an obligation on Member States to maintain minimum ...
Read More »EC warns Romania on failing to transpose the Offshore Safety Directive
The European Commission (EC) formally requested today that Germany and Romania take actions to ensure the translation of the Offshore Safety Directive (Directive 2013/30/EU) into national law, a press release informs on Thursday. The Directive requires that Member States put ...
Read More »Court of Justice of the EU: Execution of European arrest warrants – deferred if there are risks of inhuman or degrading treatment in detention
The execution of an European arrest warrant issued by a EU Member State could be deferred is there are real risks of inhuman or degrading treatments due to the detention conditions in that state, the Court of Justice of the ...
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