diff --git a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_io.f90 b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_io.f90
index 8487b96c24e78b8494e77275c6f9202763045552..a19ff4c3e6b4018a10adfc34f60ad868dadfd9b4 100644
--- a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_io.f90
+++ b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modd_io.f90
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ USE MODD_NETCDF, ONLY: IDCDF_KIND
 IMPLICIT NONE 
 !
 !
+INTEGER, PARAMETER :: NVERB_NO=0, NVERB_FATAL=1, NVERB_ERROR=2, NVERB_WARNING=3, NVERB_INFO=4, NVERB_DEBUG=5
+
+
 INTEGER, SAVE :: ISTDOUT, ISTDERR
 
 INTEGER, SAVE :: ISIOP   !! IOproc number
@@ -34,6 +37,12 @@ LOGICAL, SAVE :: LIOCDF4    = .FALSE. ! TRUE will enable full NetCDF4 (HDF5) I/O
 LOGICAL, SAVE :: LLFIOUT    = .FALSE. ! TRUE will also force LFI output when LIOCDF4 is on (debug only)  
 LOGICAL, SAVE :: LLFIREAD   = .FALSE. ! TRUE will force LFI read (instead of NetCDF) when LIOCDF4 is on (debug only)  
 
+INTEGER, SAVE :: NIO_VERB        = NVERB_WARNING ! Verbosity level for IO
+INTEGER, SAVE :: NIO_ABORT_LEVEL = NVERB_ERROR   ! Level of IO error necessary to force stop of application
+
+INTEGER, SAVE :: NGEN_VERB        = NVERB_WARNING ! Verbosity level for 'GEN' (generic) messages
+INTEGER, SAVE :: NGEN_ABORT_LEVEL = NVERB_ERROR   ! Level of 'GEN' error necessary to force stop of application
+
 TYPE LFIPARAM
   INTEGER :: FITYP   ! FM File Type (used in FMCLOSE)
 END TYPE LFIPARAM
diff --git a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/mode_io.f90 b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/mode_io.f90
index 82037434d4ce9d4829a8e896470030593985afcf..1675cf90aa2ef41c90f9601a1c980829f1bda3bc 100644
--- a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/mode_io.f90
+++ b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/mode_io.f90
@@ -949,6 +949,70 @@ CONTAINS
     ENDIF
 
   END FUNCTION io_rank
+  !
+  !
+END MODULE MODE_IO_ll
 
 
-END MODULE MODE_IO_ll
+MODULE MODE_MSG
+!
+IMPLICIT NONE
+!
+CONTAINS
+!
+SUBROUTINE PRINT_MSG(KVERB,HDOMAIN,HSUBR,HMSG)
+!
+USE MODD_IO_ll
+USE MODD_VAR_ll, ONLY : NMNH_COMM_WORLD
+!
+INTEGER,         INTENT(IN) :: KVERB   !Verbosity level
+CHARACTER(LEN=*),INTENT(IN) :: HDOMAIN !Domain/category of message
+CHARACTER(LEN=*),INTENT(IN) :: HSUBR   !Subroutine/function name
+CHARACTER(LEN=*),INTENT(IN) :: HMSG    !Message
+!
+INTEGER :: IERR, IMAXVERB,IABORTLEVEL
+CHARACTER(LEN=9)  :: YPRE
+CHARACTER(LEN=28) :: YSUBR
+!
+SELECT CASE(HDOMAIN)
+  CASE('IO')
+    IMAXVERB    = NIO_VERB
+    IABORTLEVEL = NIO_ABORT_LEVEL
+  CASE ('GEN')
+    IMAXVERB    = NGEN_VERB
+    IABORTLEVEL = NGEN_ABORT_LEVEL
+  CASE DEFAULT
+    PRINT *,'ERROR: PRINT_MSG: wrong message category (',TRIM(HDOMAIN),')'
+    RETURN
+END SELECT
+!
+IF (KVERB>IMAXVERB) RETURN
+!
+SELECT CASE(KVERB)
+  CASE(NVERB_FATAL)
+    YPRE='FATAL:   '
+  CASE(NVERB_ERROR)
+    YPRE='ERROR:   '
+  CASE(NVERB_WARNING)
+    YPRE='WARNING: '
+  CASE(NVERB_INFO)
+    YPRE='INFO:    '
+  CASE(NVERB_DEBUG)
+    YPRE='DEBUG:   '
+  CASE DEFAULT
+    PRINT *,'ERROR: PRINT_MSG: wrong verbosity level'
+END SELECT
+!
+YSUBR=TRIM(HSUBR)//':'
+WRITE (*,"(A9,A28,A)") YPRE,YSUBR,HMSG
+!
+IF (KVERB<=IABORTLEVEL) THEN
+  PRINT *,'ABORT asked by application'
+  CALL MPI_ABORT(NMNH_COMM_WORLD, -10, IERR)
+  CALL ABORT
+END IF
+!
+END SUBROUTINE PRINT_MSG
+!
+END MODULE MODE_MSG
+
diff --git a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modn_confio.f90 b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modn_confio.f90
index b0ae8246075ae540b5cb96d170cef7f45ffde12c..a23610af0611b5879d46a38d1315261e61972a79 100644
--- a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modn_confio.f90
+++ b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/modn_confio.f90
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@
 !*       0.   DECLARATIONS
 !             ------------
 !
+USE MODD_IO_ll, ONLY : NIO_VERB, NIO_ABORT_LEVEL, NGEN_VERB, NGEN_ABORT_LEVEL
+!
 IMPLICIT NONE
 !
 LOGICAL,SAVE :: LCDF4    = .FALSE. ! TRUE : enable NetCDF4 Input/Output
 LOGICAL,SAVE :: LLFIOUT  = .FALSE. ! TRUE : add LFI output when NetCDF4 I/O is enabled (debug)
 LOGICAL,SAVE :: LLFIREAD = .FALSE. ! TRUE : enable LFI reading (disable NetCDF4 reading)
                                    !        when NetCDF4 I/O is enabled (debug)
-!
-NAMELIST/NAM_CONFIO/ LCDF4, LLFIOUT, LLFIREAD
+
+NAMELIST/NAM_CONFIO/ LCDF4, LLFIOUT, LLFIREAD, NIO_VERB, NIO_ABORT_LEVEL, NGEN_VERB, NGEN_ABORT_LEVEL
 !
 END MODULE MODN_CONFIO