European commision (EC) will sue Bulgaria and Greece in EU court over breaches of air pollution limits over several years, despite repeated warnings, the EC said on Thursday.
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The EU has also taken action against other bloc countries, including France, Italy and Romania, in terms of air quality.
The EC has stated that it will take Bulgaria to the EU court for breaching its restrictions on fine particulate matter pollution between 2015 and 2019, even though the court has already ruled in 2017. Of Bulgaria government to solve this problem.
Bulgaria may be fined for non-compliance with a previous court decision.
When it comes to air pollution with fine particulate matter, Bulgaria is one of the biggest sinners in the EU, the EC said.
EU rules have required Member States to limit air pollution by fine particulate matter since 2005. However, most of the bloc countries will not meet their targets in this area this year.
The EC will also take Greece to court, as air pollution by fine particulate matter in Thessaloniki has been above the limit for all but one year since 2005.
Greek the authorities’ efforts to resolve the problem have so far been insufficient and unsatisfactory, the EC said.
Air pollution is the biggest environmental risk to human health in Europe. Pollution fine particulate matter contributed to the premature death of some 379,000 people in the EU in 2018, down 13% from 2009, according to a recent report by the European Environment Agency.
The EC has also sued Poland for insufficient forest protection.
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