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IRU hits at Austrian i plan
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INTERNATIONAL road transport is in danger. The increasing number of safety measures taken by several European governments in the last few months is likely to result in higher prices for all and bankruptcies for some hauliers.
This was the feeling expressed by delegates from 22 countries brought together by the International Road Transport Union at a meeting in Geneva last week. In a resolution unanimou; adopted, the IRU prote vigorously against a plan the Austrian Government initiate a special tax of o schilling per tonne/kilomel on all international ro, transport going to, from and transit through Austria.
A commercial vehicle can ing 20 tonnes of goods on t Brenner highway would IN on top of the present rat4 2000 Sch for a distance or 1, Km.
Nearly 10 million tonnes 3ds go via this European ite between North Europe, ath Europe and the Middle st.
f such a tax were imposed, vould result in a 200 per cent a in the total cost of road nsport says the IRU. This 3hibitive levy is an unac3table measure, declares the U. It was also slammed as a idrance to the exchange of ods in Austria, and .a very ripus discrimination introced to the detriment of the insportation of goods by ad.
It would be a mistake to ink that additional traffic uld be undertaken by the :isting rail system as it is -eady overloaded.
The IRU is appealing to the astrian Government to landon its plan, because of e serious consequences it auld create for international IRU wants to draw attenan to the deterioration in the mditions of international lad transport which would tdanger international trade.
It also asks the Economic 3mmission for Europe at the nited Nations, the Con rence for European Trans3rt Ministers and the uropean Economic Corn unity to exercise their in ience so that these proposed easures, which will inhibit le freedom of exchange of 3ods and international road ansport, are discarded.