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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9859

12 March 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/eurvignette
European Parliament limits congestion charge and opposes climate change cost addition

Brussels, 11/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in their plenary session, the European Parliament on Wednesday 11 March, adopted the report of Saïd El Khadraoui (PES, Belgium) on the revised draft Eurovignette directive. This proposes to modulate toll prices on lorries based on external road transport costs (EUROPE 9699). The report was significantly amended, particularly by the EPP-ED and was adopted by 359 votes in favour and 256 against. In contrast to the rapporteur and Commission's...

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