Swop body freedom
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4DER its policy of encouraging mbined road/rail coverage, a European Commission plans abolish all restrictions and rriers to the use of large conners and swop bodies.
rhe idea of removing import ota restrictions and "technical rriers", including authorisan requirements, was introced on an experimental basis 1975.
kt the December session of a European Parliament in zsbourg, MEPs heard that the mmission now hopes to to ike these relaxations a permarit feature of Common Market v. The concessions apply to itainers of 20ft or more and op bodies which have no )ports.
)n the recommendation of the iembly's transport commit, the Parliament approved the lgestion urging at the ne time that the Commission )uld consider additional ways promoting combined trans/.
)nly in this way would comed transport "display its full ■ nomic and ecological advanes".