Brussels, 22/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has opened formal investigation procedure on aid granted by France to Mines et Potasses d'Alsace (MDPA) through the intermediary of the public holding EMC (Entreprise Minière et Chimique), which controls the company at 100%. In 1994, MDPA, in difficulty since the decline of the potassium market since the end of the eighties, had wanted to close down all its production sites then, after negotiations with trade unions, had decided...