REVISION OF C.M.R. CONVENTION POSTPONED T HE E.C.E. Sub-Committee on Road
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Transport has decided to defer the consideration of possible amendments to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (C.M.R.) until the governments of Sweden and Switzerland have deposited their instruments of ratification of the Convention, It is probable that these two governments will proceed to ratification later -this year, after which proposed amendments submitted to the E.C.E. will be passed on to a special group of experts in accordance with the previous decision of the Inland Transport Committee, The United Kingdom has already suggested an amendment to Article 2, and revision of the Convention may also be required to take account of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on nuclear damage.
In the meantime. it is generally accepted that the British Government will ratify in the very near future, probably by means of a Private Member's Bill in the Commons.
Check on TIR issue FRAUDS, currency offences and smuggling on the Continent of Europe are a few of the many matters being watched by the Continental advisory bureau of the Traders Road Transport Association, following reports of misuse of 'FIR cover for loads. The T.R.T.A. is tightening up on the issuing of carnets. Only bona fide and responsible firms of good financial standing are receiving them, and to the T.R.T.A.'s knowledge no British firm has been found among the offenders.
New West-Friesland Office: The ferry-traffic department of West-Friesland Eorotransport Ltd. has opened an office at Berth 326, Antwerp Ferry terminal of the new 6th Havendok. For operational information, call terminal dock office (telephone: Antwerp 41.17.92: telex: 38851 Mr. G. Willemse is in charge.
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