Brussels, 14/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The General Affairs Council gave its formal assent (without debate) to an extension, for another five years, the provisions relating to State aid contained in the European agreements with Romania and Lithuania. The agreements with these two accession candidates belonging to the "Helsinki group", which have just started negotiations last February, foresees a special and favourable system with regard to the assessment of public aid that the authorities...