Press Release: Environment: Commission welcomes Council agreement on LIFE+

European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas welcomed the common position reached by the Environment Council on 27 June 2006 on the new ‘LIFE+’ Financial Instrument for the Environment. The consensus on the draft LIFE+ Regulation followed the partial political agreement reached by the Council in December 2005 which covered all details except its budget. The common position was decided following the agreement on the overall Financial Perspectives for 2007-2013 in April. The budget foreseen for LIFE+ was €2.1 billion for this period, as proposed by the Commission in its revised proposal. Of this, 40% has been reserved for spending on the 'nature and biodiversity' part of the Programme.

European Commission: DG Environment: LIFE Homepage http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/life/home.htm

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