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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8518

5 August 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/forest fires
Commission's Response Centre has been coordinating Member States' assistance for fighting forest fires - Too soon to say whether Solidarity Fund aid will be made available

Brussels, 04/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the European Commission issued a press release, explaining that its Response Centre has been active over the last few days in rapidly co-ordinating assistance and support to Portugal and France in combatting forest fires. The Commission notes that France and Portugal have been coordinating fire-fighting activities. France has received aid from Italy (1 helicopter, 2 Canadair), Spain (2 Canadair), Greece (2 Canadair) and Germany (3...