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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10239

20 October 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Private sector sceptical about Eurovignette compromise

Brussels, 19/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - The absence of mandatory earmarking of revenue and the suppression of an additional charge levied for congestion - these are the points most criticised by those signing the agreement negotiated on Friday 15 October by the EU Council of Ministers on a proposal to revise the Eurovignette directive (EUROPE 10236).

The “necessary and difficult” compromise has meant that only two external costs (noise and pollution) have been taken into account, that...

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