Green Light for Safer Tunnels

Publication date: 20 April 2004

Today, the European Parliament backed new laws designed to boost the safety of European road tunnels. Following a recommendation from Reinhard Rack, Parliament gave second reading approval to proposals to improve the safety of tunnels on the trans-European Road network (COD(2002)0309). MEPs made no amendments to the Council's common position.

report_final_rack_tunnels.pdf (136 KB)

com2004_147_tunnels.pdf (176 KB)

oj_c95e_tunnels.pdf (286 KB)

Next step:
The proposals must now be approved by national governments before they can become law.

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