Brussels, 27/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The agreement reached last week by the Parliament and the Council for opening the rail sector up to competition was welcomed by all the parties concerned. The president of the Transport Council, French Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot, was pleased to note in a press release this "essential decision for the future of rail transport". The agreement, he says, respects the compromise balance concluded at the Transport Council in December 1999, and will continue...