France issues permit blacklist
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THE FRENCH Ministry of Transport has issued a new list of hauliers who have been banned from French roads for permit offences, and in particular for using forged permits. This list, issued on October 20, supersedes the previous blacklist of June 15 and has been agreed by the Department of Transport.
The French Ministry has issued detailed instructions to its officials on how to recognise a forged permit and has drawn its officials' attention to the operator's licence — in its absence, says the Ministry, a thorough check of all the vehicle's documentation is obligatory.
It has also laid down procedure for mixed configurations — that is, when either the tractive unit or the trailer is run by one of the banned firms.
If the trailer only belongs to a banned firm, the freight may continue only when the owner of the tractive unit has a permit in his own name.
If the trailer has been shipped unaccompanied and is being towed by a French tractive unit, it should be covered by a bilateral permit in the name of the British shipper. The trailer will be turned back if the permit holder is on the blacklist.
When a blacked vehicle arrives at any French land or sea frontier, it will be refused admission. If the vehicle is already in France when the check takes place, goods carried must be loaded on to another, authorised, carrier's vehicle and the banned vehicle allowed to leave at the border of its choice.