Brussels, 02/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 26 February, the EU Council adopted without debate its common position on the proposal of directive concerning minimum security requirements applying to tunnels in the trans-European road network (TEN). The Council fully supports the aim of the proposal, that of preventing serious accidents in TEN tunnels and attenuating the consequences. Nonetheless, the Council considers that the automatic classification system of tunnels proposed by the European...