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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10635

16 June 2012
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
Kallas confirms mega-lorry exemptions

Brussels, 15/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas has confirmed the exemption to the ban on the use of mega-lorries for cross-border transport. Three special derogations are set out under EU Directive 96/53 on maximum lorry size, and on Thursday 13 June Kallas briefed the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament on the reasons for exemptions in a letter to the head of the European Parliament's transport and tourism committee, Brian Simpson (S&D, UK), as...

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