0:27 21 September 2021
CJEU imposed €0.5 mln per day on Poland in relation to the mine in Turów
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) imposed on Poland €500,000 penalties per day for not stopping lignite mining at the Turów mine, the Court said. The purpose of the fine that will be paid to the European Commission is to dissuade Poland from delaying the decision to stop mining.
In the Court's view, such a measure should be considered necessary to strengthen the effectiveness of the interim measure ordered on May 21, 2021, and to dissuade that Member State from delaying its compliance with that provision. The Turów lignite opencast mine is located in Poland near the border with the Czech Republic and Germany.
Meanwhile, the Polish government will not close the KWB Turów mine, because the suspension of work in the mine would threaten the stability of the Polish power system and would have negative consequences for the energy security of millions of Poles and for the entire European Union, government spokesman Piotr Muller said.
“The financial penalty referred to by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is disproportionate to the situation and is not factually justified. It undermines the ongoing settlement process,” Muller stressed.
"This decision is bizarre, we do not agree with it," Wojciech Dąbrowski, president of PGE, said.
(Inwestycje.pl, ISBnews)
