Brussels, 29/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - On the fringes of a visit to one of the crisis centres the Dutch authorities have opened to combat chicken flu, Commissioner David Byrne said on Monday that according to the figures currently available, the cost of this outbreak is likely to reach at least EUR 70 million for the EU budget. He said that under the Veterinary Fund, the Commission contributes about half the expenditure incurred by the Member States for the culling and destruction of poultry...