ECOPOINTS
November 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNNEGOTIATIONS on a new eco-points system setting quotas for road hauliers travelling through Alpine passes in Austria have stalled following disagreement between the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers. The UK, along with Germany and France, blocked the deal arguing that it would bar transit through Austria for many vehicles.Without agreement there is considerable uncertainty over how heavy goods vehicles might transit Austria at the same time as that country seeks to preserve its environment. If the conciliation committee linking ...
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