EU fines Greece over Zakynthos marine park landfill

The EU Court of Justice connected Thursday handed Greece a dense regular good for failing to unopen down an amerciable landfill successful a cardinal marine parkland connected the tourist land of Zakynthos.

“Greece is ordered to wage the European Commission a periodic punishment outgo of 12,500 euros for each time of delay… and a lump sum of 5.5 cardinal euros,” the tribunal said successful a property release.

In an ongoing lawsuit stemming from a 2014 judgment, Greece had failed to unopen down a landfill successful the Zakynthos National Marine Park, a vital situation of the endangered loggerhead oversea turtle (Caretta caretta).

After a backmost and distant with Athens that lasted respective years, the Commission sent a missive of ceremonial announcement successful 2017 and, successful 2024, brought a caller enactment for nonaccomplishment to fulfil obligations earlier the Court, the statement said.

According to the court, Greece had neither drawn up a improvement program for the continued cognition of the Zakynthos landfill successful accordance with EU requirements nor decommissioned the landfill, which continued to person waste until the extremity of 2017.

“That infringement poses a important hazard to the situation and quality health,” it said.

Also known arsenic Zante, Zakynthos hosts astir a thousand nests but besides hundreds of thousands of tourists per year.

Source: AFP