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WM FEIN 1K GETS I PERMITS

14th October 1977
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DOUBTS surrounding allocation of internal haulage permitsshoul, cleared up by a Departra Transport report out week.

The report — Interna Road Haulage Perm answers questions tha industry has been posing the first of the 22 bil tements was signed in le Department openly that the UK bargaining tion is weak "because our .ators carry most traffic the other side has no ritive to increase quotas". position is unlikely to age.

:le economic recession has lened attitudes, especially i'rance and Italy and the mans still want to transfer ;ht to rail.

hose countries on the die East transit route, ably Germany, Austria, ;oslavia and Turkey, want traffic flow controlled by ricting permits. Indeed, the artment is now preparing ground for USSR, Turkish Middle East agreements. he British attitude is to lish the permit system, but are still a long way from ieving this.

leanwhile, the Dip contis to argue the case for er quotas. The report says use of forged permits and use of legal permits is not )ing their case.

he permit allocation at the nent is: Austria, general O and 400 transit; Finland, era] 1,500: France, general 100, co-operation 6,000; it Germany, general 7,850, TP traffic 2,000, co-operai 1,250, West Berlin 180, rt distance transit 2,500; igary, 2,000; Italy, general 0; Portugal, general 200, ccompanied trailers 440, )peration 50; Spain, gene2,500; Yugoslavia, general O for tax free traffic, able 1,500.

he French general quota udes unaccompanied traitraffic. The co-operation nits are based on British hers supplying backloads their French, West German Portuguese counterparts. .opies of the report are ainable by sending a nped addressed envelope isuring 9 x Ilin to; Permits kort, The Department of nsport, Room S18/22, 2 rsham Street, London 1P 3EB.

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