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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9165

1 April 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/disasters
Berend report calls for scope of Solidarity Fund to be widened to include public health crises and terrorist attacks

Brussels, 31/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 21 March, the EP's regional development committee adopted the report by Rolf Berend (EPP-ED, Germany) on the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) and called for its scope to be widened to include the consequences of terrorist attacks, major health crises and major environmental, industrial and technological disasters. The report will be voted on at the May plenary session in Strasbourg.

The EUSF was created in 2002 following the serious flooding in Central...

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