Brussels, 16/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has just submitted a series of proposals that, once adopted, will enable the 13 applicant countries to become members of the European Environment Agency before their accession to the European Union. This is a first, in the sense that the EEA will be the first European body to open its doors to them. According to the European Executive, the candidate countries could begin joining the Agency in the course of the year 2001,...