HC Deb 25 April 1990 vol 171 c259W
Mr. Butterfill

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of European Court of Justice cases taken against each member country for environment-related offences since 1984; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Trippier

The table below gives the number of court cases on environmental directives for each member state since 1985, based on the best information my Department

Environmental ECJ cases by country: 1985–90
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Total
Belgium 7 1 0 2 3 1 14
Denmark 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
France 2 0 0 4 2 2 10
FRG 2 0 0 4 4 1 11
Greece 1 0 2 0 2 0 5
Ireland 1 1 0 3 0 0 5
Italy 3 1 1 4 7 0 16
Luxembourg 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
Netherlands 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
Portugal — — — — — 0 0
Spain — — — 0 2 2
United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Total 19 4 4 20 23 5 75