29/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - Presenting the letter of amendment on the updated agricultural expenditure to the press (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.9), Commissioner Michaele Schreyer indicated that this modification would create a "reserve fund for the unexpected" of 4.3 billion EUR in the 2004 budget (corresponding to the available margin before reached the ceiling of expenditure), especially for "certain climatic events".