(ANSA) - BRUSSELS - ''We cannot keep delaying, there is no
new deadline'' for member states to comply with air quality,
said EU Commissioner for the Environment Karmenu Vella after
Tuesday's meeting attended by Italy, France, Germany, Great
Britain, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia,
all the countries that go beyond the EU limits.
''If the countries have new measures to put on the table they
should present them by Monday'', since ''we do not exclude to
continue dialogue'' but, he warned, ''the only thing that will
keep the Commission from going to the EU Court is what the
countries will put on the table in order to reach the targets
without delays''.
''The deadlines have passed - he added -, we cannot postpone
action'', since ''without new and effective measures, the limits
will continue to be overcome'', warned the EU manager, asking
member states to ''tackle the problem with absolute urgency'',
otherwise the referral to the European court of justice will be
inevitable. (ANSA).
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