Milan (Thomson Financial) - The Italian government plans to launch by end-2008 a public tender for 329 horse race betting concessions, which were subject of a lengthy EU dispute, according to a report on the Agipronews internet site, citing economy ministry sources. Last September, Italy lost a European Court of Justice ruling over renewal of the concessions for the 2000-2005 period because it had not handed them out after a public tender, the report says.