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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8432

29 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport council
Council confirms political agreement on ecopoints, despite opposition from Austria, Italy, Belgium and Netherlands

Brussels, 28/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - As foreseen, The Transport Council confirmed on Friday the political agreement reached on 31 December 2002 during an extraordinary Transport Council on the proposal of regulation concerning the ecopoints system that regulates the transit of heavy vehicles through Austria. Austria, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands marked for the second time their opposition to this agreement. Furthermore, the Council did not take into account amendments adopted at...

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