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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 04-08-16
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] East Timor: €3 million for former refugees
[02] Commission proposal for protection of coral reefs around Azores,
Madeira and Canary Islands and changes to North Sea Haddock rules
Midday Express of 2004-08-16
Reference: MEX/04/0816
Date: 16/08/2004
EXME04 / 16.8
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Press and Communication Directorate General's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi de la Direction Générale Presse etb
Communication
16/08/03
[01] East Timor: €3 million for former refugees
The European Commission approved today € 3 million for a project which
aims to ensure that former East Timorese refugees who have decided to
remain in Indonesia, either in West Timor or elsewhere, are successfully
integrated into that society and are provided with the means to become
economically self-reliant. More specifically the project aims to enhance
living conditions, ensure food security by facilitating access to
cultivable land and assist access to income generating activities such as
vegetable growing and livestock breeding in garden plots. It will provide
former refugees with proper housing, primary health care, water and safe
sanitation and improve the availability and quality of basic education in
local schools, particularly for girls. Finally, it will support
reconciliation between the former refugee communities and the West Timorese
host communities, as well as with the people and Government of Timor Leste.
The project will be implemented by United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR).
[02] Commission proposal for protection of coral reefs around Azores,
Madeira and Canary Islands and changes to North Sea Haddock rules
The European Commission has proposed measures to ensure protection for deep-
sea corals around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary islands until long-
term rules can be established later on this year. A proposal for long-term
protection through a ban on bottom trawling was tabled last February (<a
href="http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/153&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en">IP/04/153).
However, as its progress through Council and the European Parliament has
been delayed by the European Elections, the Commission has proposed that
measures be put place in the interim period. With regard to the haddock
regime, the Commission proposes, on the basis of new data from the United
Kingdom on by-catches of cod by vessels fishing outside the North Sea Cod
Protection Area, to allow an increase in the days at sea available to
vessels targeting haddock and holding special permits. To accelerate the
adoption of these proposed rules, the Commission proposes to amend the
Council Regulation on total allowable catches (TACs) for 2004, adopted in
December 2003.
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
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