MALTA TO PARTICIPATE IN EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

The Hon. Francis Zammit Dimech, Minister for the Environment, signed on behalf of the Government of Malta the Final Act, through which Malta will be participating in the European Environment Agency.

This is the first of eleven Community Agencies to be opened for Candidate Countries before they become members of the European Union.

Dr. Zammit Dimech who signed in the presence of Margo Wallstrom, EU Commissioner for the Environment, has welcomed the fact that the European Commission has agreed to add Maltese to the official languages of the Agency.

Dr. Zammit Dimech is in Brussels, attending a meeting of the Environment Ministers of the Candidate Countries. Addressing the same meeting, he spoke about the state of play in the environmental accession process, as Malta prepares to join the European Union.