PETI Fact-Finding Mission to Taranto (17-19 July 2017) - Environmental topics in Taranto: ILVA plant and ENI refinery (Petitions: 0760/2007, 2207/2013, 1107/2011, 0024/2012)

Briefing 04-07-2017

The Committee on Petitions has been working intensively on several petitions ( 0760/2007, 2207/2013, 1107/2011 and 0024/2012) on the ILVA steel plant, ENI refinery and new gas pipeline located in the Taranto region. The area is suffering from considerable, long-standing social problems related to unemployment and from the consequences of the non-compliance with the European environmental and health legislation.