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FEES FOR ADR (dangerous goods) and TIR certificates are to jump by about 200 per cent from the beginning of next month, the Department of Transport has announced.
ADRs are being revised for the first time since 1977 and TIRs for the first time since 1978.
The new costs have been calculated to take account not only of inflation but also of the time required to carry out the work. For the first time the fees are expected to meet costs fully.
ADR inspections go up from £10 to £33, retests from £5 to £16,50 and replacement certificates from 50p to £1.50.
TIR type approvals are increased from £1.20 to £3.63, type variations from £20 to £59, individual vehicle approvals from £17 to £57 and reinspection following refusal from £12 to £40.
• British hauliers carrying perishable foodstuffs abroad will soon have to have a certification plate on their vehicle rather than an ATP certificate.
The new rules have to be approved by Parliament in the near future, but there is little doubt that they will be as the new rules were the brainchild of the Government, which proposed them to the United Nations.
Already some lorries coming into Britain have the new certification plate and gradually the need to carry a paper certificate will be abolished.