Luxembourg, 27/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank, found guilty in December 2001 of concerted action on bank commissions (since abolished), has appealed before the European Court of First Instance. During the procedure, it says, the Commission "did not act with a view to punishing an infringement of the rules on cartels but rather with a view to lowering, for political reasons, the charges for exchanging currencies, which it regarded as too high. It went on to explain...