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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9757

9 October 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Road transport sector calls on European Commission to internalise external costs of other transport modes

Brussels, 08/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a press release published on Tuesday 7 October, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) called on the European Commission to present concrete legislative proposals as soon as possible with a view to internalising external costs of other modes of transport. The revised “Eurovignette” draft directive, adopted by the Commission in July (see EUROPE 9699), provides for member states to be able to tax heavy goods vehicles of over 3.5 tonnes not...

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