The Council reached a general approach on a draft directive on road infrastructure safety management.
Ministers agreed on all outstanding issues, including the choice of a directive as the legal instrument and the legally non-binding status of the annexes. Member States will have 2 years from the entry into force of the draft directive to comply with its provisions.
In June 2007, the European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism recommended that the plenary session reject the Commission's proposal. However, it was decided in plenary to send the proposal back to the Committee for further examination.