Press Release: Safety requirements for tunnels: Commission sends reasoned opinion to United Kingdom

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Series Details IP/08/158 (31.01.08)
Publication Date 31/01/2008
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The European Commission sent a reasoned opinion to the United Kingdom on 31 January, 2008, for failure to fulfil the reporting obligations under Directive 2004/54 on minimum safety requirements for tunnels[1]. This Directive sets out technical requirements to reach a minimum level of safety of tunnels and shall apply to all tunnels in the trans-European road network, with lengths of over 500 metres.

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