Brussels, 29/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - As we anticipated (see yesterday's EUROPE, pages 6 and 7), the European Commission adopted a proposal on Wednesday to protect the current Generalised System of Preferences for one year (reduction in customs duties), for developing countries. Aside from this extension, which focuses on the period between 1 January and 31 December 2005, the proposal provides that developing countries accounting for less than 1% of GSP imports will not be "graduated". "By...