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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10679
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport

Barroso answers Schulz over gigaliner issue

Brussels, 31/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has informed the European Parliament that he sees no call for debate over the authorisation given to the cross-border traffic of gigaliners (also known as mega-trucks).

The sudden reinterpretation in the European directive on the weights and dimensions of heavy goods vehicles (96/53/EC), presented last month by European Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas, had, to say the least, upset the European...