8Directive 2003/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers, amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 and Council Directive 91/439/EEC and repealing Council Directive 76/914/EEC (OJ 2003 L 226, p. 4), states in recital 10 thereof that the development of defensive driving, which goes hand in hand with rational fuel consumption, will have a positive impact both on society and on the road transport sector itself.
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