16/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to provisional estimates published on Friday by Eurostat, the balance of current account operations of the European Union (EU15) with third countries registered a deficit of 4.4 billion EUR in the first quarter of 2003, compared with a surplus of 0.9 billion EUR in the first quarter of 2002, and a surplus of 15.8 billion EUR in the fourth quarter of 2002. During the first quarter of 2003, the EU15 external balance of trade recorded a surplus of 5.6...