13/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - At the end of last week Frits Bolkestein's spokesperson, Jonathan Todd, confirmed that the European Commissioner had written to the French authorities in December relaying his concerns about Paris' plans to levy higher duty on strong beer. Todd said that the Commission may launch infraction proceedings against France for discrimination with regard to foreign beers (since only foreign beers would be affected by the measure) if France failed to give a satisfactory...