The ministry responsible for EU affairs seems to be unaware of two new infringement procedures opened by the European Commission against Malta in May.
In a statement issued by the Department of Information on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech said the Commission had not taken any legal action against Malta since Labour came into power in March.
Stating that, over the past three months, the Commission had closed six infringement procedures against the island, the statement noted that, further to these closures, “the Commission has not taken action against Malta since March”.
“This significant accomplishment reflects the commitment of the Government in ensuring the proper transposition and application of EU law,” it said.
EC sources said that, while it was true that Brussels had closed six infringement procedures against Malta over the past three months, in May it opened two new procedures against the island.
One was about Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking of human beings and the other on Council Directive 2011/97/EU, dealing with specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury considered as waste.
On both infringements, the Commission gave...
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