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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11641

8 October 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport
Civil society and cities call for Commission to act on lorry deaths
Brussels, 07/10/2016 (Agence Europe)

Representatives of the cities of London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen, Transport & Environment (T&E) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) have met Tomasz Husak, the head of the private office of Industry Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska, to call on the European Commission next year to bring forward an ambitious regulation on lorry safety.

At present, lorries can legally drive in towns and cities even though they are clearly not adapted to the urban environment.  With their...

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