- Each Member State is responsible for the implementation of Community law (adoption of implementing measures before a specified deadline, conformity and correct application) within its own legal system. Under the Treaties, the Commission of the European Communities is responsible for ensuring that Community law is correctly applied. Consequently, where a Member State fails to comply with Community law, the Commission has powers of its own (action for non-compliance) to try to bring the infringement to an end and, if necessary, may refer the case to the Court of Justice of the European Communities....(Read Full Article)

- Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora....(Read Full Article)

- ACT VI of 2002, as amended by Acts XVIII of 2002, II of 2005 and XXXII of 2007; and Legal Notice 426 of 2007.

To make provision in place of the Antiquities (Protection) Act, Cap. 54 for the superintendence, conservation and management of cultural heritage in Malta and for matters ancillary thereto or connected therewith....(Read Full Article)

- Census of Population and Housing 2005....(Read Full Article)

- Controlling air pollution in the Los Angeles basin presents a challenge unrivaled anywhere in the United States. Local topography and weather conditions are ideally suited to the generation of air pollution. Los Angeles' cherished, yet pollutant-trapping, ring of mountains set the stage for a dilemma long before millions of cars and trucks filled our freeways. Indeed, lore has it that early inhabitants referred to the San Gabriel Valley as the "Valley of Smokes" - and on many days that name still seems apt....(Read Full Article)