27/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission proposed to prorogue the excise system more favourable toward "traditional" rum produced in the four French overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Reunion). This decision, if approved by the Council, will allow to postpone from 1 January 2003 until 31 December 2009, the system instituted at the end of 1995 on the basis of Article 299 of the Treaty (specific measures for the ultra-peripheral regions). This decision, which...