Brussels, 22/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - Following a public hearing, the Environment Council, gathered on Monday in Brussels, confirmed by qualified majority the agreement reached in conciliation with the European Parliament over the regulation relating to the interim ecopoints system applicable in 2004 to heavy goods vehicles transiting through Austria (see EUROPE of 19 December, p. 12, concerning the debate and vote in Parliament). Despite a powerful argument by the Austrian Minister for...