Brussels, 14/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted without debate the decision authorising the European Commission to start negotiations at the WTO on the modification of the Community banana import regime. At the end of June, the Member States reached an agreement on the proposed mandate (EUROPE of 7 July, p.10). By 1 January 2006 at the latest, the EU will replace the current import quota system with a solely tariff-based regime (EUROPE of 3 July,...