On Wednesday 5 June, the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) approved the Council of the EU’s negotiating position (general approach) on the revised River Information Services Directive, with a view to its adoption by European Ministers at the Transport Council meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday 18 June.
In its initial draft in January (see EUROPE B13338A4), the European Commission suggested extending the scope of the Directive to all inland waterways forming part of the...