However, if the largest surface of a food package is less than 80 cm² the minimum font size is reduced to 0.9 mm. Also, if the largest surface of a food package is less than 25 cm², the nutrition declaration is not required.

7. Welcomes the contribution of the European tactical reserve of fire-fighting aircraft (EUFFTR), which was established this summer to assist Member States facing major fires; notes that this pilot project was established with the support of the European Parliament in order to step up cooperation between Member States on combating forest fires, and proved to be an excellent example of enhanced capacity at European level providing immediate help in emergency situations; emphasises, in this context, the need to continue the development and reinforcement of this pilot project as we continue to experience circumstances where great devastat ...[+++]ion occurs because the capacity of Member States and the EUFFTR prove inadequate;

L. whereas the forest fire problem has also been worsening thanks to the progressive abandonment of the countryside and farming and their traditional activities, the failure to maintain the forests properly, the existence of large areas of woodland where monoculture prevails, and the planting of unsuitable trees, and the absence of an effective protection policy with suitable instruments and funding at Community level,

L. whereas forest fires have also been on the increase because of the progressive depopulation of the countryside, the decrease in farming and traditional activities associated with farming, the failure to maintain the forests properly, the existence of large areas of woodland where monoculture prevails or the planting of unsuitable trees, and the absence of an effective protection policy with suitable instruments and funding at Community level,

L. whereas forest fires have also been on the increase because of the progressive depopulation of the countryside, the decrease in farming and traditional activities associated with farming, the failure to maintain the forests properly, the existence of large areas of woodland where monoculture prevails or the planting of unsuitable trees, and the absence of an effective protection policy with suitable instruments and funding at Community level,

This proposal concerns not just earthquakes, but floods, fires and major accidents such as those which occurred recently in Austria and France, and makes provision for a first decision-making level resulting in a form of cooperation and proper coordination of national mechanisms, so that exponential results can be obtained from the mechanisms in the individual Member States for dealing with disasters.