Brussels, 01/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - By adopting on Thursday with a overwhelming majority (444 votes for, 50 against and 5 abstentions), the report by Jutta Haug (ESP, German), the European Parliament approved the supplementary and amending budget (SAB) for EUR 971 million to finance the measures to fight against bovine encephalopathy spongiform )BSE) in 2001.
Recognising the urgent and preponderant nature of these measures (State intervention and screening tests), the Parliament...