Brussels, 20/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - As EUROPE has already briefly announced, the EU Council adopted the regulation concerning the exceptional trade measures in favour of western Balkans, in accordance with the stabilisation and association process implemented by the EU in this area. This regulation follows the conclusions of the European Council in Lisbon which felt that the association agreement with the countries from the area "should be preceded by a asymmetric liberalisation of...