Brussels, 03/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - Without debate, the Council has formally adopted the decision to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change on behalf of the European Community, following the political agreement to this affect reached on 4 March 2002 (see EUROPE of 4/5 March, pp 7/8). It commits Member States to take national ratification measures in parallel so that the EU and its Member States can lodge ratification instruments at the Secretariat of the United Nations framework...