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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9387
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport

Coach drivers meeting again soon to “rectify” new social rules in road transport

Brussels, 15/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - Yesterday a delegation of coach drivers met the vice president of the Commission in charge of transport, Jacques Barrot. The latter used this occasion to explain how new EU social rules in the road sector would work. These new rules enter into force on 11 April 2007 and stipulate that all drivers of heavy goods vehicles transporting merchandise and passengers must take at least two days holiday (45 hours) every two weeks. The rules increase the daily...

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