Brussels, 08/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission forwarded its draft common position to the Council on the "transport" chapter of accession negotiations, suggesting that the Fifteen negotiate transitional periods with most of the twelve candidate countries, varying between four and five years after enlargement, in which hauliers from the candidate countries concerned will not have access to the national cabotage markets of the 15 current member countries. On the...