ermit windfall at Calais
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tE THAN 2,500 French German general quota its have been made availto British operators. How will be allocated will be led by the Department of 'sport next week, after issions with the Freight 'sport Association and 1 Haulage Association.
le permit windfall results the Dutch auction of permits which became lable to Britain earlier in rear (CM, January 27).
le Department of Transinvited bids of not less than 40 French and/or German permits for one EEC permit. Thirty firms bid less than 40, four companies applied without a bid and one applicant was facing criminal charges.
How the 2,163 French and 424 German permits will be allocated will be announced in CM as soon as a decision has been reached.
The news of the additional permits was broken by Reg Dawson, head of DTp Road Freight Division, in Calais yesterday (Thursday) when he addressed 60 French and British operators at CM's first international conference.
Mr Dawson had earlier told the delegates that the annual increase in French permits had slowed down because there had been a serious imbalance of traffic in favour of the UK in 1976 and 1977.
He questioned the French attitude towards own account and unaccompanied traffic. Unlike other European partners France sets this traffic against the general quota allocation.