European Parliament 6 February 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0176/02 by Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. European emergency telephone number 112.

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The European Commission clarified that under Council Decision 91/396/EEC, Member States are required to implement the single European emergency call number 112, though they retain the discretion to maintain national emergency numbers in parallel. While the deadline for introduction was 31 December 1996, EU law does not mandate 112 as the exclusive emergency number nor does it prescribe specific language requirements for operators. Separately, parliamentary inquiries addressed the economic impact of extreme weather on Italian agriculture, noting significant production losses and subsequent inflationary effects on consumer prices.AI