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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9424
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid

Commission authorises Belgium to support intermodal transport by Flemish inland waterways

Brussels, 10/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Commission decided not to raise any objections to Belgian state aid aimed at shifting container transport from road to inland waterways. Under the new scheme, a subsidy will be granted for each container transhipped to an inland container terminal from or to an inland waterway vessel. Currently, the intermodal transport of containers using Flemish inland waterways is more expensive than container transport exclusively by road....

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