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A sustainable future for transport


In 2001, the Commission issued a White Paper setting an agenda for the European transport policy throughout 2010. This programme was updated in the mid-term review of 2006. Approaching the end of the 10-year period, it is time to look further ahead and prepare the ground for later policy developments.

A sustainable future for transport

The link address is: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/publications/doc/2009_future_of_transport_en.pdf

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