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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7702

20 April 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 50
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transports
Railways call for tax policies that take into account "external costs" (notably accidents and pollution) of transports - Answer from road hauliers

Brussels, 19/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - Accidents and pollution caused by transport costs EUR 530 billion for all the European countries in 1995, asserts a study on the "external costs of transport" written on request from the Community of European Railways (CER) and the International Union of Railways (IUR). Noting that the road hauliers represent 92% of these costs, the railways called for a pricing based on the principal of the "polluter pays" in insisting on the external environmental...

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