Central EuropeItaly - A group of oil companies will have to pay up for the clean up of coastal waters in southern Sicily even if authorities did not prove that the pollution was caused by their refineries, the European Union Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday. EU judges were asked by an Italian administrative court whether the "polluter pays" principle, enshrined in EU environmental legislation, could be applied in the Priolo-Augusta-Melilli area, where oil companies had appealed against clean-up bills imposed on them for pollution dating back decades.
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