Considerations on COM(2004)512 - Amendment of Decision 1999/847/EC as regards the extension of the EC action programme in the field of civil protection - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2004)512 - Amendment of Decision 1999/847/EC as regards the extension of the EC action programme in the field of civil protection. |
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document | COM(2004)512 ![]() |
date | December 20, 2004 |
(2) | Recent events, such as the floods in Central and Eastern Europe in the summer of 2002, the Prestige accident in Spain in November 2002 and the heat wave and extensive forest fires in southern Europe in the summer of 2003 show that the action undertaken at Community level in the field of civil protection pursuant to Decision 1999/847/EC should be continued. |
(3) | In order to avoid a gap between the expiry of Decision 1999/847/EC and the date of application of a new legal basis, the action programme established by Decision 1999/847/EC needs to be extended for a period of two years. |
(4) | Decision 1999/847/EC should therefore be amended accordingly, |