FILE PHOTO: Logged trees are seen at one of the last primeval forests in Europe, Bialowieza forest, near Bialowieza village, Poland February 15, 2018. Picture taken February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
WARSAW (Reuters) - The European Commission called on Poland on Thursday to comply fully with a 2018 ruling from the European Union's highest court that restricts logging in the primeval forest of Bialowieza, warning of financial fines if Warsaw does not comply.
In April 2018, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that Poland broke environmental laws with large-scale logging in the ancient forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site that straddles the border with Belarus.
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