Brussels, 29/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission's 11th annual report on the Structural Funds, for 1999, presents a positive assessment of the final year of the programming period 1994-1999, which made it possible to catch up in a number of areas even though one fourth of the payment appropriations available for this period were not disbursed. Thanks to an acceleration of commitments (adoption of a project or programme and decision to finance it for a given amount) this past...