Spokesman Balazs Ujvari informed AFP that the measure will become effective in the next 10 days. The value of the fine, linked to the delay in closing a coal mine, is about 15 million euros ($17.1 million).
In May 2021, the European justice had ordered Poland to close the Turów coal mine, located on the border with the Czech Republic, due to its negative environmental impact and the risk it represents to public health.
However, Poland decided to ignore the judicial demand and continued the operations of the controversial mine.
Given this scenario, on September 20 the European Commission decided to apply a daily fine of half a million euros (about 570,000 dollars) until the mine ceases operations.
The amount to be taken from the Polish funds represents the amount due between September 20 and October 19, 2021, according to the spokesperson.
According to Ujvari, by deducting the fine from the country’s European funds, “the Commission fulfills its legal obligations to collect the financial penalties imposed” on Poland, “in the absence of payments from the Member State.”
Source: Ambito
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