27/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission handed the Chinese authorities a list of 400 Chinese companies implicated in case of counterfeiting or pirating, according to European enterprises, announced Paul Vandoren, head of "intellectual property" at the Commission's Directorate General, during a conference in China. Pirating costs "million of Euros" in the pharmaceutical and agri-0chemical sectors, announced the civil servant.