Brussels, 31/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission approved the Austrian regional aid map that was notified to it in August 1999 and that allows the Austrian authorities to grant financial aid to certain parts of the country affected by structural handicaps. The discussion of the map was part of a wider exercise to review regional aid systems in all the Member States. At the end of 1997, the Commission announced its intention to reduce the overall coverage of areas eligible for...