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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8698

4 May 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/emergencies
Association seeking to bring in "112" has filed complaint with Ombudsman, denouncing Commission's lack of action

Brussels, 03/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - It is sad to have to say it but the result is already known - more than 13 years after the creation of 112, the European emergency number, it still does not work. There are many reasons for this: - lack of sufficient information for citizens of whom hardly 20% know it even exists; - the co-existence of many numbers for the various services (emergency, ambulance, fire services, police …); linguistic problems, etc. The European Emergency Number...

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