Brussels, 21/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Council Presidency hopes to reach a political agreement during the Competitiveness Council on 24 September on sales promotion. The meeting of Permanent Representatives on Wednesday should, however, confirm that a blocking minority is still opposed to the text presented in October 2001 to allow companies to launch promotional operations throughout the EU. France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Portugal and Finland call for the text to be a directive and...