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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7812
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport council

Differences over working time continue to block "social package" for road transport

Luxembourg, 03/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - At its session in Luxembourg on Monday, the Transport Council was unable to reach a consensus on the thorny issue of working time for road transport. Despite the generally favourable reaction to the Commission's compromise resting on the temporary exclusion of self-employed hauliers from the directive's field of application, stances remained very firm. "We are light years away from a compromise. We risk being encircled by hauliers at our next...

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