Hours amendment is a must DoE
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THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY for the DoE this year was to press for an amendment in the EEC drivers' hours regulations, said Mr T. L. Beagley, Deputy Secretary for Transport Industries, on Tuesday.
It is understood that he was referring to the negotiations within the Community, aimed at liberalizing EEC Regulation 543/69 which, as it stands, will among other things have the effect of reducing drivers' hours in the UK from 10 hours to eight from the beginning of next year.
Mr Beagley was speaking at the FTA's first Soutl Eastern Region lunch. 11 told members that the fina decision on whether or no British vehicles would nee( to be fitted with tacho graphs from next January ii accordance with EE( Regulations would not b taken until after re-negotia tion of our terms of Corn munity membership. "
He said that other EE( members had changed thei attitudes towards freigh since Britain joined, a Dol objective was to improv opportunities for operators in Europe, includ ing putting more effort int, obtaining a greater permi quota.