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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/transport

Swoboda suggests Parliament reject Commission's proposal to do away with ecopoint system "108% clause"

Brussels, 30/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The report by Austrian Socialist Hannes Swoboda, to be discussed in next week's plenary in Strasbourg, suggests the European Parliament reject the European Commission's proposal to drops the "108% clause" of the ecopoint system. The report was adopted by the EP's transport committee by 28 votes in favour and 26 against, whereas rejection was unanimous within the environment committee consulted for opinion.

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