Brussels, 09/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - Without making an official announcement, the European Commission confirmed on Wednesday that it had launched an investigation into the French beef industry where there have been allegations of illegal price-fixing. The expiry of the interprofessional agreement on minimum prices and a temporary suspension of beef imports signed at the end of October in France had been set for 30 November but an inspection by the Commission before Christmas in Paris found...