Brussels, 18/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - After being in operation for one year now, the Common Service for External Relations (SCR) at the European Commission has considerably reduced the payments backlog in financing cooperation projects, the Commission stated in a press release. It welcomes the fact that the number of valid invoices waiting to be paid has been reduced by 81% for aid programmes. On 31 December 1999, 306 invoices remained unpaid as opposed to 1,600 invoices o 31 May 1999, when...