Brussels, 21/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - Member States reached a last minute agreement on the rate of reduction of ecopoints, or road transport rights through Austria. The compromise presented by the French Council Presidency was adopted by qualified majority by fourteen votes, against Austria's vote. Failing an agreement in Council, the proposal presented in May by the European Commission would have been automatically applied as of this Thursday (see EUROPE of 25 May, p.11). The agreement...