Luxembourg, 26/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, European Justice Ministers decided to make their method for harmonising penalties more flexible. Henceforth, they will fix the minimum level of punishment for an offence or crime within a range counted in years. Thus: for a category 1 offence, each Member State should include in its legislation a penalty comprised between at least 1 and 3 years; - category 2: between 2 and 5 years at least; - category 3: between 5 and 10 years at least;...