Brussels, 19.07.2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has sent a reasoned opinion to Rome calling on it to put an end to the environmental levy on gas from Algeria, which transits via Italy through Sicily. The tax runs counter to the EU's common customs tariff, the Commission explains, in so far as it goes against equality in customs charges. It is also incompatible with the fundamental principles governing common trade policy and the EU's international obligations arising from the...