BRUSSELS — Lille beat eight other European cities in voting on Wednesday to host the all-new EU Customs Authority, defeating Rome in the third round of a nail-biting run-off vote . EU governments and lawmakers had earlier separately backed the two candidate cities , setting up the final showdown. In joint voting, Lille won 36 votes to Rome’s 18, the Cyprus presidency of the Council confirmed. Pascal Lamy, the ambassador for the high-powered bid by the northern French city, was magnanimous in