LIFE REFORMS
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLA SIGNIFICANT shake-up in the European Union's (EU) LIFE environmental spending programme has been proposed by the European Commission, which wants to scrap the current three strands: nature, environment and third countries. The European Commission wants a new improved LIFE+ programme from 2007-13, commanding more budget, rising from Euro 240 million annually at present to Euro 300 million a year. It would be split into two - 'implementation and governance', helping EU member states "get better and quicker results in applying EU environmental ...
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