Sir, – Further to your interesting article on passive houses ("Passive house gets Pat Cox's vote", January 29th), Mr Cox is not a consultant on the planned trans-European motorway from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Mr Cox is the European Coordinator for the Scandinavian-Mediterranean corridor, which crosses seven European countries from the Finnish-Russian border to Malta, covering all transport modes. The role of the European coordinator is provided for in EU law. He has a mandate from the European Commission and reports to the European Parliament and the member states. His main role is to facilitate the implementation of the Scandinavian-Mediterranean corridor and to make recommendations in areas such as transport development or access to financing and funding sources. – Yours, etc,
LEO HUBERTS,
European Commission,
Brussels.