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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7896

5 February 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Road transport sector fears rail will be given too much preference in next Commission White Paper

Brussels, 05/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - Rail development is not the one and only solution to traffic congestion and pollution, the Commission seems to be saying in the White Paper on European transport policy, to be adopted on 7 March, states the International Road Transport Union (IRU). "We do not fear competition from rail, but European policy guidelines", the press was told by Hubert Linsenn, who is to become chief representative of the IRU in Brussels. According to the IRU, the Commission...

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