Brussels, 04/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has opened an investigation into six sets of State aid the Netherlands has paid to manure processing companies, following expiry, in 1994, of the aid scheme approved by the Commission. In July 1989, the European Executive approved the "Bijdrageregeling Proefprojecten Mestverwerking" scheme (BPM scheme) that allowed for the financing of pilot projects for processing excess manure into fertiliser. The competition services had...