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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8234

17 June 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 48
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Council reaches political agreement on opening port services up to competition - No agreement on Marco Polo or ecopoints - Aid for airline insurance extended for three months

Luxembourg, 17/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Transport Council in Luxembourg on Monday reached political agreement on opening port services up to competition (see above) and set out general guidelines for ferry safety. It failed to reach agreement on funding the Marco Polo programme following continuing disagreement about the ecopoint system (see above). The Council postponed the adoption without debate of the decision to set up the European Air Safety Agency (see EUROPE of 19 October 2001)...

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