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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9771

29 October 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/epizootics
Commission prepared to allocate more money to combat blue tongue

Brussels, 28/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission said in Luxembourg on Monday 27 October that it was ready to allocate “additional funding” (€100 million) to help EU member states tackle the blue tongue virus next year. This money would be in addition to the €62 million already planned for 2009 and would cover “some of the administration costs of vaccination,” the Commission said. Debate on blue tongue was added to the Council agenda at the last minute, at the...

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