LIFE II: financial instrument for the environment (amend. regul. 1973/92/EEC)

The Commission generally supported the common position but regretted that some of Parliament's amendments had not been incorporated. This applied in particular to the clarification that nature protection programmes could be carried out in the third countries in question, irrespective of whether or not they were candidate CEECs, and the need to lay down a reference framework as a guideline for parties interested in LIFE support.�