The European Commission has decided today to refer Slovenia to the European Court of Justice for failure to comply with the requirements of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (Directive 91/271/EEC). The Directive requires Member States to ensure that urban agglomerations (towns, cities, settlements) properly collect and treat their waste waters, thus eliminating or reducing […]
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Slovenia referred to EU Court over wastewater treatment failures
According to the Commission, certain areas do not comply with the requirements because urban wastewater entering collecting systems is not subject to the appropriate level of treatment before being discharged Image: Shutterstock
The European Commission has decided to refer Slovenia to the European Court of Justice for wastewater treatment failures.
It failed to comply with the requirements of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, which requires member states to ensure urban agglomerations – towns, cities and settlements – properly collect and treat their wastewater, thus eliminating or reducing all their undesirable effects.
According to the Commission, Slovenia should have been fully compliant since 2016, however, four agglomerations with a population of more than 10,000 – Ljubljana, Trbovlje, Kočevje, and Loka – do not comply with the requirements because urban wastewater entering collecting system
The European Commission said it will refer Slovenia to the European Court of Justice for failure to comply with the requirements of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
The Directive requires Member States to ensure that urban agglomerations - towns, cities, settlements - properly collect a