Brussels, 13/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has adopted three decisions inflicting fines on the chemicals companies Solvay, world leader in the soda ash sector, and ICI for having infringed European competition rules in the late 80s. These three decisions, that condemned illegal concerted agreements, were annulled by the Court of First Instance for a simple procedural error; and the annulment was then confirmed by the Court of Justice in a ruling of 6 April. The Court's...