Brussels, 10/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has launched a comprehensive inquiry into a taxation arrangement between the Belgian authorities and the Belgian company Umicore, a specialist in precious and advanced metals, in the form of a tax exemption for over 20 million EUR. The Commission, which was informed of the existence of this agreement in October 2001, asked the Belgian authorities for information. They acknowledged its existence, but denied that this constituted a...