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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7788

31 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bananas
Taken to court by two European companies victim to US sanctions in the banana dispute, Commission denies all legal responsibility for losses suffered

Brussels, 30/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - According to information published on Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal, two European companies hit by the US sanctions imposed on certain products originating in the Union to offset the Community banana regime condemned by the WTO panel, have decided to take the European Commission to court for not yet having settled a dispute that has dragged on and on to their detriment. At the origin of this initiative, the Italian company Fiamm SpA (manufacturer...

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