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We had nothing against the declared intention of this report to standardise disparate national legislation on the maximum legal length of passenger vehicles, quite the opposite. It must, however, be stressed that the proposed measures are not justified by passenger safety or the rational organisation of transport but by ‘commercial reasons’, i.e. profits for road haulage undertakings. Standardisation would therefore be implemented by establishing the European legal length in line with the maximum provided for in the specific legislation.
The European institutions contribute alongside the national States to promoting road transport over rail transport, yet this preference is damaging in ecological terms and wasteful in social terms. A policy which worked towards the rational, efficient and safe organisation of transport ought to prioritise investment in the European public rail service rather than confining itself to standardising the conditions of competition between road transporters, that are principally concerned with maximising their private profits.
We did not, consequently, vote in favour of this report."@en1
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