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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8806

14 October 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Commissioner de Palacio defends liberalisation of port services against views of employers and trade unions

Brussels, 13/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - European Transport Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has expressed confidence in the future of her new draft directive that will open port services up to competition in around 400 European ports. The text adopted on Wednesday by the College (see EUROPE of 13 October, p.11, and 15 September, p.11) "is better put together than the first version" rejected by the European Parliament a year ago, she told the press. According to the Commissioner, the new...

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