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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport/road safety

Parliament gives go-ahead to making safety belts compulsory in all commercial vehicles and for better monitoring of use of frontal protection

Brussels, 27/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 26 May, in second reading, the European Parliament approved road safety directives for which adoption and implementation must be simultaneous for technical reasons, as well as a directive on the same problem, at first reading. The reports adopted covered the following aspects: - seats and headrests in motor vehicles: report by Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (EPP-ED, Germany); - safety belts and retaining systems for motor vehicles: report by Paolo Costa (ALDE,...

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(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/ROAD SAFETY: Parliament gives go-ahead to making safety belts compulsory in all commercial vehicles and for better monitoring of use of frontal protection
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT/EUROVIGNETTE: Parliament rapporteur gives glimpse of line to be defended in second reading
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