Brussels, 20/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The General Affairs Council on Monday reached political agreement over the new association regime for the EU's Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) for 2001-2007, which may be formally adopted at an upcoming Council meeting. This issue had begun to resemble a sea serpent with all its various twists and turns to suit the myriad of islands and overseas territories throughout the globe. For ACP countries it was subject to many often contradictory...