New French Restrictions on British Coaches
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IN future, British operators of ConItinental coach tours will not be allowed to garage their coaches at Calais, Boulogne or Dunkirk between successive tours unless they produce an official certificate that they are licensed to operate coach services in this country.
To meet this additional French requirement, arrangements have been made for such certificates to be issued to British operators concerned on application to the Licensing Authority who issued the road service licence for a service to a port of embarkation in this country for the purpose of operating a Continental tour.
British operators wishing to garage their coaches in Prance between tours should apply as soon as possible to the Ministere des Travaux Publics, des Transports et du Tourisme (Service du Controle. des Transports Routiers, 3eme Bureau), 244, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris (7e). The application must be B6 accompanied by a certificate obtained from the Licensing Authority:
In addition, the French authorities now require that a British operator wishing to leave his coaches in France between tours must use at least as many French coaches on the French part of the tour as the number of British coaches he is authorized to .garage in France. British operators will have, therefore, to make arrangements accordingly with French operators.
Information as to the French operators who are authorized to provide services on routes in France which British operators propose to use may be obtained from la Federation Nationale des Transports Routiers (F.N.T.R.), 44, rue de la Bienfaisance, Paris (8e).
These new provisions are in addition to the existing requirements.
The certificate issued by the Licensing Authority, the French authorization permitting the coach to be garaged in France and the agreement (or a copy) providing for the use of French coaches must be produced to the French Customs and Police Authorities on each trip, in addition to the usual completed copies of the appropriate route sheet (feuille de route).
A further new French requirement, which comes into force on May 1, and applies to every British coach touring in France, is that the vehicle must carry a "carnet de bord," which has to be displayed in accordance with instructions'`given on the document. Copies of this document, which has to be produced also to the French Customs and Police Authorities on each trip, will be supplied by l'Association Francaise des Transporteurs Routiers Internationaux (A.F.T.R,L-F.N.T.R.), 44, rue de la Bienfaisance, Paris (8e).
Otherwise, the procedure has not been changed for coaches which are to be brought back to this country after each trip and are not to be garaged in France between trips.