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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7866

18 December 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/romania/environment
Final report by "Task Force Baia Mare" recommends measures to prevent such disasters reoccurring - Commission will seek to take it into account, promises Ms Wallström

Brussels, 18/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The "Baia Mare Task Force" set up in March this year by the European Commission in the aftermath of the accidental spill of cyanide from a gold mine in Baia Mare in Romania in January, causing serious pollution to the Tisa and Danube rivers - has forwarded its final report to Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström. The task force, chaired by Irish national Tom Garvey, examined how the accident was caused and how similar accidents could be avoided in...

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