Brussels, 01/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - The International Road Transport Union (IRU) supports the "underlying reason" for the new proposal of directive from the European Commission aimed at gradually harmonising excise duty on commercial diesel fuel in order to prevent competition distortion between Member State road hauliers (see EUROPE of 24 July, p.9). Nonetheless, it considers in a press release, the proposal presents a number of substantial shortcomings and only applies to a small...