Brussels, 08/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The EU Council of Ministers adopted without discussion, on 6 March, a decision authorising the European Commission to negotiate certain amendments of the ESPOO Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. The amendments are made necessary by certain recent developments, both at Union and at international level. We recall that the ESPOO Convention aims, through the establishment of a procedure for assessing environmental...