Brussels, 18/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Competitiveness Council, chaired by Mary Harney, reached a political agreement by qualified majority on Tuesday on the directive which aims to create common rules to identify unfair practice on the part of companies to tackle them, ensure a high level of consumer protection and to increase consumer confidence in cross-border transactions within the internal market (see the first-reading opinion of the European Parliament in EUROPE of 27 April,...