Brussels, 10/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission and France signed an agreement on Monday on the payment of emergency aid of 19.625 million EUR from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) following the severe flooding in in southern France in December 2003.
The most serious damage was concentrated in the three departments of Gard, Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône, with a population of 295 000 inhabitants. Some 8 400 houses or apartments and private businesses were affected....