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Lock Them Up!

Bavarian officials can be <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/eu-coercing-jailing-public-officials/">thrown into jail</a> for failing to adopt air quality standards like a ban on some diesel vehicles – but only if German law allows such a solution and if the jail term is proportionate, the European Court of Justice <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ECJ-BavarianSmog.pdf">ruled</a></strong> Thursday.

LUXEMBOURG – Bavarian officials can be thrown into jail for failing to adopt air quality standards like a ban on some diesel vehicles – but only if German law allows such a solution and if the jail term is proportionate, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday.

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