Brussels, 24/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided not to oppose a temporary exemption in the United Kingdom provided for in favour of Northern Ireland companies to exempt them of "levies on aggregates", introduced on 1 April last. It is a question of an environmental tax levied on the commercial exploitation of rocks, sand and gravel when these are used as recycled aggregates for construction purposes and substitution products for virgin aggregates. The United...