31/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - Following the European Commission's request for information from the Netherlands regarding possible infringement under the European Social Fund (see EUROPE of 7 July, 2001), the Director General of DG Employment at the European Commission, Odile Quintin, said during a meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Control that the Commission would be proposing reimbursement slightly below the EUR 200 million initially requested. The Netherlands have, however, given the...