Brussels, 05/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - Due to delays by five Member States (Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal and Italy) in the ratification of the September 2000 decision on own-resources, the Commission proposed a provisional solution on Wednesday to ensure the funding of next year's budget. On a proposal by Michaele Schreyer, the Commission handed the budgetary authority an amending letter No.3 that will allow for the situation to be remedied by prolonging the current system by a few...