:.E.C. Industries Do Not Favour Forked Rates
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From a Special Correspondent
SERVATIONS about the proposed ,.E.C. forked rates system amounting it to active opposition have been :ssed by the Union of Industries , e European Community (UNICE). ng studied the E.E.C. Commission's regulation for a forked rates system, 1 forms part of the common transpolicy plan, UNICE objects in iple to the idea of introducing a strict organization of the transport et and suggests that such a published system must in the long term mean ricrease in rates with a stifling of by competition; the forked rates m should not be regarded as final the possibility of abolishing or ging the system should be left open Sc it does not work well in practice. (ICE also stresses that the introon of forked rates should not be red to compromise member states' Dmies where forms of transport arc 'me to set their own charges. Induscircles in the E.E.C. have, says CE, in general shown themselves to ;ainst the proposed rates system, or east have expressed reservations t it_
own-account transport, UNICE ; that it cannot agree with the Cornon that that the definitions set out in 3. council regulation 11, article 9, ;atisfactory; it wants the regulation ided to give a wider interpretation of form of transport.
SHORTER COURSE
E rearranged diploma courses for te examinations operated jointly by slational Committee on Road TransEducation and the Royal Society of (of which some details were given he Commercial Motor of June 281 low being applied, and the examinain April-May, 1964, will he based le new syllabuses.
was pointed out in June, the angemcnt makes it possible for mts to obtain a diploma in two years !.y so wish (with passes in five papers ad of seven) instead of taking the three years which the scheme has ved since, its introduction in 1946. it is not possible to operate the and new schemes of examination urrently, the National Committee the Royal Society have decided that :s obtained in earlier examinations continue to count towards qualiticafor the diploma.
:hannel Report Soon
as now been agreed by Mr. Marples id the French Transport Minister, acquet. that the report of the crossinel link study group will be pub1 in mid-September. Decisions on report by the two governments are ikely to be made public before the of the year.