Brussels, 19/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission announced that it would be opening a procedure concerning the German system for prices imposed on books due to its effects on cross-border sales through the Internet. As a reminder, last year the Commission carried out surprise inspections with several German publishers, bookstores and wholesalers suspecting them of a tacit agreement aiming to boycott bookstores selling their products on the Internet as prices beating competition...