WASTE CRISIS IN CAMPANIA.

• Position: Brief article

The Italian government sent, on 24 December 2007, a letter to the European Commission providing a certain amount of information on the measures envisaged to resolve the waste crisis which has been affecting Naples and the surrounding region (Campania) for several months. These documents are currently being examined by the competent services of DG Environment. On 27 June last year, the Commission sent a first written warning to the Italian government for breach of Directive 2006/12/EC relating to waste (see Europolitics 3337). Bearing in mind...