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*The EU plans to introduce pan-European roadside truck checks from 1 July 1999.
*Tramoor+ vaikm, ore set to rise throughout Europe next year as France, Italy and Spain continue to drive growth, according to the IRU. Britain and Germany show "more moderate economic development".
An EU-funded intermodal tracking system is being tested on trucks throughout the UK. Freight Intermodal
(FITE} is being managed by the British International Freight
Association and a number of operators including Davies Turner.
* Delays to the Austrian electro s sri mean that UK hauliers will have to cancel their Ecocards by drawing !ines through them and dating them before crossing into Austria, warns the FTA.
* The IRU warns that trucks in PolcH are being stopped and their drivers sprayed with tear gas and robbed.
All vehicles carrying dangerous goods in Portugal must drive with dipped headiights or face a fine.
Roadworks on the bridge over the Drava at Dravas
zabolcs in Hui , have been completed; the road is
now open to all traffic.
* Mandatory new EU and vehicle emission specifications have been agreed; standards for HGVs "will be introduced at a later stage'.