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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9693

1 July 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
IRU conference comes out against eurovignette directive

Brussels, 30/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - With the European Commission about to unveil its “green transport package”, which contains a way of internalising external costs, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) held a conference entitled “Polluter pays, problem stays” in Brussels on 26 June. Criticism focused on the Commission method, which is based on the “polluter pays” approach, which will require polluters - in this instance, road hauliers - to pay a tax, through a...

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