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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9044

8 October 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport council
France calls for Community response to problems of road hauliers relating to diesel and cabotage

Brussels, 07/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - At the Transport Council of 6 October, the French transport Minister, Dominique Perben, voiced his concern about the consequences of the recent increase in fuel prices for the road transport sector, and pleaded in favour of responses which are harmonised more at Community level on tax on diesel for professional use and cabotage. The Commissioner for Transport, Jacques Barrot, confirmed that he was working with Commissioners Piebalgs (energy) and Kovács...

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