Forests: protection against fire (amend. Regulation (EEC) No 2158/92)

PURPOSE : to adopt a new Regulation relating to the protection of the Community's forests against fire. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Regulation 1485/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on protection of the Community's forests against fire. CONTENT : the present Regulation aims to continue the action provided in the 1992 Regulation, in particular to strengthen the consistency of forest measures finaniced in the fire-risk zones, to reinforce the fight against the causes of fires and to improve the prevention and monitoring systems and its duration extended for a period of 5 years, thus bringing its period of application to 10 years from 1 January 1992. The financial allocation for the implementation of the scheme shall be EUR 49,4 million for the period 1997 to 2001. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 21/07/2001.�