Quota is unfair: MEP
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THE COMMON MARKET r haulage quota system p British users at a disadvant because of the time wasted sea crossings, says Europ MP Andrew Pearce.
He would like to see accc taken of this by the allocatiol a larger share of authorisati to British hauliers compensate them for th isolated position.
But commenting on t suggestion, EEC transp commissioner Georc Kontogeorgis answered t earlier Commission propol put to the Council of natic Transport Ministers setting o solution to this problem been turned down.
These proposals h suggested that "the licence u by transporters in the mem state ... be modified to t account of the distance of e of these countries to the cet of the Community."
"The centre of t Community" was in this c defined as "the Frankf region."
Sea crossings were to h been included in the tc journey time and t corresponding delay taken account.
The Council had instead oc for slight amendments to traditional quota system only two countries — Gre and Ireland — recognised needing supplementary qu( to compensate for th "peripheral position."
Commissioner Kontogeo added that new Commis: proposals had been drawn with the problems of sea pendent nations in mind.