Brussels, 22/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - On 22 February, the EU Council of Ministers is expected to adopt a position in first reading on the draft regulation on competitive European rail freight, thereby confirming the deal reached in June 2009 (see EUROPE 9919). The draft regulation approved by the Council of Ministers requires member states to set up, within three to five years of the regulation coming into force, rail freight corridors on all nine major rail routes identified in an annex to...