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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8809

19 October 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/transport
Communists and Greens reject planned liberalisation of port services

Brussels, 18/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - Reacting to the European Commission's adoption of new draft legislation to liberalise port services (see Europe of 13 October, p.11), MEPs in the GUE/NGL and Greens/EFA groups rejected the plans. The Greens accuse the Commission of trying to sell old wine in new bottles. In November 2003, the European Parliament rejected a previous European Commission proposal on the port services issue and the Greens note that the issue of self-handing, the granting of...

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