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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9331
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European Parliament's transport committee votes for liberalisation of national rail passenger transport - conciliation procedure at Council inevitable

Brussels, 19/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's transport committee wants to open national passenger transport up to competition on 1 January 2017. By adopting this position on 19 December, the parliamentary committee has clearly distanced itself from the Council (as well as the European Commission), which has always opposed liberalisation of national passenger transport. MEPs also decided to expand the field of application for two other proposals: on certification of train...

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