Press Release: Climate change: Commission takes legal action against six Member States over missing information

The European Commission is taking legal action against 6 Member States for not providing information required as part of the EU's efforts to combat climate change. The 6 are Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, and Malta. Luxembourg will be taken to the European Court of Justice and Estonia and Greece will receive final warnings for not communicating important technical information relating to their greenhouse gas emission targets under the Kyoto Protocol. The other cases concern Member States' failure to provide complete reports on their progress in limiting or cutting emissions.