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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8299

18 September 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/regional policy
On Wednesday, Commission to propose creation of European fund for natural disasters and budgetary instruments to finance it

Brussels, 17/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission will be proposing the creation of a European Disaster Fund and the budget instruments needed to fund it. The aim of the Fund will be to provide emergency aid the event of major natural, technological and environmental disasters to provide immediate electricity and water supplies, healthcare, security of the area (consolidating flood dykes, for example) and helping to rehouse people who have been forced to leave...

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