Brussels, 04/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission considers that the measures taken by Italy to aid poultry producers deal with the bird flu crisis seem “difficult to justify in the light of State aid rules”. On 4 July, therefore, it decided to launch an investigation to check the legality of the Italian decree of 2005, which made provision for three kinds of measure: the purchase by the State of 17,000 tonnes of poultry meat and other poultry products for humanitarian aid...