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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8459

10 May 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/environment
Manders report calls on plenary to vote for realistic environmental liability - Tuesday's debate likely to be tense

Brussels, 09/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Tuesday the European Parliament will be giving its opinion in first reading of the highly controversial draft directive Environmental Liability Directive which aims to prevent environmental damage and, where damage occurs, to ensure it is made good along the lines of "polluter pays". The Dutch Liberal rapporteur Toine Manders of the EP's Legal and Single Market Committee, is responsible for this dossier, since Mihail Papayannakis of the...

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