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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10681
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport

Swiss law on railway noise displeases EU market

Brussels, 04/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - Three railway associations denounce a new Swiss law on railway noise, which could be detrimental to the European single market and create competition distortion. Switzerland plans to ban from its network all trains fitted with cast-iron brake blocks, in favour of brakes made out of composite material by 2020. Given Switzerland's key position at the centre of the European Union, however, and the high level of European rail traffic that crosses the...

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