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Germany risks heavy fines by not applying EU law

Germany risks a yearly fine of around one hundred million euros due to its failure to implement EU law, the German Federal Auditor's office in Bonn has warned.

According to an internal report by the auditor's office, seen by the Berliner Zeitung, Germany was the subject of infringement procedures by the European Commission on 305 of the 531 EU laws adopted between 1998 and 2003.

The auditors warn that if the German government does not radically improve its record of transposing ...

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