European Committee of the Regions 1 July 2011, Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on ‘The EU LIFE programme — the way forward’

2.9.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 259/54 Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on ‘The EU LIFE programme — the way forward’ 2011/C 259/10 THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS — confirms that the LIFE programme has proved its worth many times over and should therefore be extended to the next financing period, with particular emphasis on the ‘biodiversity’ component; — requests to