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GERMANY's 50-litre limit on the amount of fuel which may rnported to the country in lorries' fuel tanks will be raised to 200 s by July next year at the latest.
le EEC Commission has won )attle with the German Goy/lent and will raise the limit )ss the EEC from July 1, 1.
practice, the limit applied
r in Germany, as it was de
signed to discourage shippers from importing goods through Rotterdam and transporting them on to German destinations by road. A 100-litre limit was applied to coaches.
The EEC move has been wel corned by both the Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association, although neither is jumping with uncontrolled joy. While the FTA said the increase paved the way for all limits being removed throughout Europe, the RHA said: "This will only marginally improve the situation and the RHA will continue to press for the duty-free admission of all fuel carried in the normal tanks of vehicles."
The Commission believes that the increased limit will virtually eliminate the need for German Customs officers to carry out checks on tanks of vehicles entering the country, and that source of delays should be eliminated.
This meets one of the criticisms of EEC transport arrangements raised in a recent speech by the ETA's British Shippers Council chairman, John Elliot, who said the need to streamline arrangements at borders is "well overdue".