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rwork involved in internal haulage, the Intermai Road Transport (IRU) has compiled a If some 40 documents xl in this field of work.
e list is part of a note ared for the Working on Road Transport of lland Transport Commit subsidiary body of the a.d Nations, Economic mission for Europe ments mentioned in the IRU's list are obligatory in each country or for every kind of transport operation, the IRU says: "The obligation to present these documents and their great diversity are considered a serious hindrance to the free circulation of goods in international road traffic."
Pointing out that national authorities and international organisations prescribe the use of the documents in the list and are therefore legally responsible, the IRU has asked the Working Party to look at harmonising and simplifying harmonising and simplifying them.
The Working Party has now decided that, once reviewed by the ECE secretariat in consultation with the IRU, the list will be passed to a number of ECE bodies concerned with the problem, in particular the Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures and its Group of Experts on Data Requirements and Documentation.
The secretariat will also draw up a plan of co-ordinated action by all the bodies concerned.