GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER EON CHAIRMAN HARTMANN AND ENVIRONMENT
MINISTER TRITTIN SIGN NUCLEAR PHASE OUT ACCORD IN BERLIN.


German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (2ndL), Environment Minister
Juergen Trittin (R), chairman of the power group E.ON Ulrich Hartmann
(L) and Minister of Economics Werner Mueller (R) sign the German
nuclear phase-out accord in the Chancellery in Berlin in this June 11,
2001 file photo. A German official said on Thursday that the government
will approve E.ON's planned purchase of Ruhrgas with certain
conditions. On Friday, the government is to issue its decision on
whether to allow E.ON to go ahead with a series of previously announced
deals that would create Europe's biggest gas company. REUTERS/Alexandra
Winkler