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| General Objective: |
The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to
the implementation, updating and development of Community policy
and legislation relating to the environment, in particular, with
regard to the integration of the environment into other policies,
as well as to sustainable development in the Community.
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Type of Actions:
a) demonstration projects contributing to the development of
integrated and innovative techniques and methods and to the more
advanced development of Community policy relating to the
environment in the fields of physical planning and land use, the
prevention of the impact of economic activities on the environment,
the prevention, recycling and management of waste flows, and the
reduction of the impact of products on the environment, by means
of an integrated approach
b) preparatory projects for new Community measures or
instruments relating to the environment, or the updating of
legislation and policies in the field of the environment
c) accompanying measures necessary for the exchange of
experience between projects, for the promotion of projects and for
the evaluation, monitoring and dissemination of the results of
projects.
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Start and end of
programme:
2000-2004
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Level of
contribution:
(percentages represent the proportion of costs eligible for Community support)
Demonstration projects and preparatory projects (LIFE-Environment): 50% except projects generating substantial net receipts: 30%;
Accompanying measures: 100%.
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Baltic 21
country which may benefit from the programme:
EU-members, Estonia and Latvia.
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Organisations which may benefit from the
programme:
Any natural or legal person established in the European Union or
in one of the applicant countries, in accordance with the
conditions set out in the association agreements concluded with
those countries, on the basis of the provisions laid down in the
relevant Council Association Decision for each of the countries in
question.
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Procedure to be
followed:
Proposals for projects are transmitted by the Member States (ministries
responsible for nature/environment). National contact persons are
presented on the LIFE-Environment website (see below).
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More information:
LIFE-Environment
website
European
Union’s grants and loan Site
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