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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9622

14 March 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/transport
Parliament resolutely in favour of market instruments to reduce transport sector emissions

Brussels, 13/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - On 11 March, the European Parliament approved the own initiative report by Gabiele Albertini (EPP-ED, Italy) on European sustainable transport policy. Noting that harmful emissions from the transport sector are constantly increasing (24.1% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the EU27 in 2005), Parliament encourages use of market instruments to promote vehicles which have low fuel consumption and are less polluting (tax breaks, reform of taxes on motor...

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