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Wed 05 May 2004GM gets near a decision on Europe shake-upPlans by General Motors to strip its European Opel, Vauxhall and Saab subsidiaries of responsibility for engineering and manufacturing should be finalised about July 1st, the US carmaker said last week.The shake-up of the loss-making German, British and Swedish companies will concentrate power at the Zurich headquarters of GM Europe, under incoming chairman Fritz Henderson, who is currently running the Asian operations.