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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9919
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport

Council reaches political agreement on rail freight network

Luxembourg, 11/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Council on Thursday 11 June in Luxembourg, EU transport ministers looked at length at the draft regulation on the rail freight network. They did, however, manage to reach a political agreement on this by confirming the rules of priority that would be granted to international trains carrying freight along freight corridors established by the same regulation. By way of the agreement found, such a priority should be justified by market needs...

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