Cyprus was on the receiving end of a total of seven letters of formal notice from the European Commission on Friday over the country’s non-compliance with European Union law across a range of subjects.
A letter of formal notice is the first in a five-step procedure the commission employs to deal with non-compliance, with member states which do not comply taken as a last resort to the European Court of Justice and issued fines.
The first letter was sent regarding the directive on reporting on projected emissions of certain air pollutants, with Cyprus one of nine member states to receive a letter after failing to transpose the directive into its national legal system.
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