Strasbourg, 22/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament approved, in third reading, according to the codecision procedure, the draft Directive, defined with the Council, on the fight against payment delays in commercial transactions. Thus follows the rapporteur, Simon Murphy (Labour, Britain), who, at the end of long and difficult negotiations with the Council, was able to recommend the adoption of the text based on the following main elements: - implementation of the Directive, not...