Brussels, 07/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - Although the cost of the foot and mouth epidemic seems to be growing greater every day for the Community budget (Commissioner Pascal Lamy spoke of EUR 1.5 billion on Thursday when speaking before the MEPs), the European Commission decided, on Friday, not to be carried away by a fever of panic. It announced that the reimbursement of the foot and mouth and BSE expenditure by Member States would, after careful examination of the invoices presented, be...