EC reprimands Poland in two areas
The European Commission announced on Wednesday that Poland has violated EU law in two areas. Various measures were applied to the country as part of the EC’s April infringement package.
In climate change, the EC referred Poland to court for failing to comply with EU laws on fluorinated greenhouse gases. Poland so far refused to notify the Commission “what penalties have been put in place in case the EU rules for companies and personnel undertaking certain activities with fluorinated gases are not observed,” the EC’s press release said.
In the same field, the Commission has also asked Poland to adopt necessary measures in order to fully implement Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of CO2. Another climate change issue is fuel quality rules. Poland was asked to take action to fully comply with the regulations.
The second area is EU citizens’ electoral rights. The EC said that it has “decided to continue its infringement proceedings against the Czech Republic, Latvia and Poland for applying limitations to citizens from other EU countries who want to exercise their political rights.” Poland’s infringement is the restriction of party membership to the country’s citizens.
