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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10997
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) transport

Digital tachograph gets MEPs' approval

Brussels, 15/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - A “smart” tachograph for reducing driving- and rest-time fraud by lorry drivers is to be fitted to new vehicles over the next three years. MEPs approved this initiative on Wednesday 15 January. They ratified a second reading agreement on the subject with the Council and European Commission and voted down (607 votes against) an amendment from EFD Eurosceptics rejecting this compromise.

The regulations focusing on lorry driver working time...

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