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GOODS TRANSPORT EEC: Further Delay
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I T now seems likely that the Council of Ministers will not be in a position to give its decisions on the E.E.C. common transport programme until the late summer, or even possibly autumn, of 1964. The Council's working programme for this year laid down that it should examine the E.E.C. Commission's proposals in time to make decisions before the end of 1963, but it cannot do this until the Economic and Social Committee has made its report and the European Parliament has deliberated the matter.
The Economic and Social Committee is not likely to issue its report on the first three items (forked tariffs, technical and fiscal harmonization, and the Community quota) before January next year. It is therefore unlikely that the European Parliament will be able to discuss transport policy with a view to making firm decisions before its plenary session in March. The delegations of the Six who are preparing reports for the Council of Ministers' meeting cannot complete their work until they have Parliament's views.
Meanwhile the delegations of national experts have been finishing their survey of current views on the transport action programme. On "social harmonization" there was a general lack of enthusiasm for the idea of bringing measures affecting transport workers within the common policy. It was pointed out that such things as overtime payments and social security schemes were more properly a part of general social policy, while operational matters such as drivers' hours and records were already the subject of other agreements.
On vehicle weights and dimensions only France and Luxembourg seemed willing to accept a compromise solution; Italy again rejected the E.C.M.T. Hague Convention figures, while Germany was equally entrenched in its view that the E.C.M.T. figures were correct.
Fines Totalled £400
DLEAS of guilty were entered at St.
`Ives, Hunts, Magistrates' Court on behalf of A. Huckle and Son (Supplies) Ltd.. of Somersham, in respect of 37 charges, and fines totalling £400 were imposed.
Fines of £180 were imposed on 11 charges alleging that six drivers had driven with insufficient rest periods; fines of a similar amount were imposed on 18 charges relating to overloaded lorries; and fines of £40 were imposed on eight charges alleging the use of lorries without the necessary C licences.
Six drivers were also charged with not having sufficient rest periods. Charles Brown, Needingworth, was fined £15 for three offences; Derek F. Saint. of Somersham, James M. Coulson, of Needingworth. William Wardle, of Somersham. and James H. Abbott, of Chatteris, were each fined a total of £10 for two offences, and Robert A. Forbes. of Somersham, was fined £5 for one similar offence.
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