Brussels, 04/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has proposed to launch a new Marco Polo programme to support intermodal freight services, with a budget of EUR 115 million for 2003-2007. The long awaited proposal that was adopted on Monday will take over where the PACT combined transport programme left off (which ended in December 2001). During 2002, a EUR 2 million budget will allow pilot schemes to be funded.
In a press release, European Transport Commissioner Loyola de...