00:00The measures introduced to slow down the spread of the virus
00:03have also slowed down and sometimes paralysed transport.
00:08This delays the delivery of goods and can cause shortages.
00:13The priority is now to ensure that the main access of our traffic
00:17in the European Union are unblocked.
00:20Today we issue guidelines on the green lanes to Member States.
00:25Crossing the border on a green lane
00:28should take maximum 15 minutes.
00:31This weekend we had some crossing points
00:34with more than 40 kilometres of queues.
00:36This is a waiting time of up to 18 hours.
00:39This has to stop.
00:42National governments should suspend restrictions,
00:45for instance, bans to drive at weekends or at night.
00:49This is an exceptional situation.
00:52We need to be flexible.
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