BRUSSELS LOOKING AT ROAD PRICING LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE, CONFERENCE HEARS

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS THE EUROPEAN Commission is drafting legislative European Union (EU) proposals looking at using road pricing to encourage more efficient driving, optimising the use of Europe's transport infrastructure. Keir Fitch, advisor to EU transport Commissioner Siim Kallas told a conference in Brussels last week that the Commission wanted more harmony between national policies on this subject: "We will produce legislation which seeks more commonality on how to do it". He was speaking at the European Transport Policy Forum, organised in ...


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