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Last chance to save the Combined Transport Directive

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Tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January the Transport Committee of the European Parliament will make its final decision on the fate of the Combined Transport Directive (CTD). If the initiative is interrupted, it could be decades before another proposal comes in, leaving the sector stuck in a regulatory framework made in 1992.

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Author: Marco Raimondi

Marco Raimondi is an editor of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

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