Brussels, 15/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Health Council managed, on Thursday in Brussels, to reach a political agreement with a view to a "common position" on amending the directive concerning security and quality norms for the collection, control, storage and distribution of blood. Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom, which expressed reservation on the general principle of free blood donations (see EUROPE of 12/13 November, p.12), were able to rally to the Presidency compromise which...