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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12156

11 December 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 34
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / State aid
Green light for Swedish support for modal shift in freight transport
Brussels, 10/12/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 10 December, the European Commission approved a German measure to promote the shift of freight transport from road to rail. 

This measure, which is to apply from 2018 to 2023, was notified to the Commission by Berlin last August.

With a budget of €350 million, it will result in compensation to rail transport operators to cover up to 45% of the track access charges they have to pay. These charges include in particular the costs that railway undertakings have to pay in order to...

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