Brussels, 29/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission's competition department has closed its probe into the "Marathon affair" thanks to a compromise by BEB. The investigation began following a complaint when the Norwegian subsidiary of US oil and gas producer Marathon requested - at various occasions - access to the pipelines of five continental European gas companies. In compliance with the gas directives of 1998, which provide for a so-called Third Party Access (TPA) regime, i.e....