Brussels, 07/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - Tuesday, the European Commission is to approve the preliminary draft budget (PDB) for 2002, in which it intends creating a specific one billion euro reserve earmarked to cover possible expenses on the beef market, and/or those incurred by measures to combat bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and the food-and-mouth disease. At the same time, the budget heading devoted to veterinary and plant health expenses will be considerably increased, to 420...