02/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - the European Commission gave the go-ahead on Wednesday to Spain to amend its taxes on maritime companies on the basis of their tonnage, a system that it approved on 27 February 2002. It considers that the amendment in question did not constitute state aid and that it did not challenge the reasons which led it to concluding that the system was compatible with the common market in 2002. The Commission considers that the amendment makes the Spanish system more...