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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8414

6 March 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Council divided about possibility of compelling companies to have contractual guarantees for financial insurance in future environmental liability system

Brussels, 05/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - During the orientation debate on the draft directive on environmental liability in the European Union, Environment Ministers were eager to express themselves about the nature of the financial guarantees requested from companies for covering the costs of liability for environmental damage, as well as on the definition of bio-diversity in order to know exactly what covers damage to bio-diversity. The issue of possible exemptions to this future...

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