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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8216

23 May 2002
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
First ministerial debate of the Fifteen on soil protection at informal Council in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 24 and 26 May

Brussels, 22/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - Floating the debate on the protection of a natural resource that is often damaged by human activities, the Spanish Presidency hopes to define lines of action to prevent soil contamination and to slow down the process of damage and erosion. It aims to sketch out an integrated Community policy for the protection of soil quality, after the fashion of that which already exists for air and water. The working paper prepared by the Presidency to guide the...

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