Brussels, 17/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Parliament and the Council agreed at the end of last week's conciliation committee hearing to bring their ideas closer on the directive aimed at increasing public participation in the decision-making process in the field of the environment. This directive will allow the Union to transpose the second pillar of the Convention of Aarhuson on public access to information on environmental issues into Community law. The law entered into force on 31...