PRTA wants stronger EEC representation
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• Three amendments to the Public Road Transport Association's articles of association are to be proposed at• the Association's next agm to be held in June and details of the proposals have been circulated to members together with the report and accounts for 1972.
It is proposed that the levy per vehicle be increased from 50p to Ll. This would apply to the levy which can be called by the PRTA's council from corporate members to defray the general expenses of the Association. It would not include Parliamentary expenses which are covered by another Article which is not being amended.
Mr D. S. Deacon, the PRTA's chairman, in a letter to members points out that the sum of 50p has not been increased since 1943.
The second amendment concerns the establishment of the two new Passenger Transport Authorities. .Discussions have taken place to reflect the increased proportion of the membership which is within these areas. It is proposed to reduce the company operator representation by two — and this has been agreed with the NBC and to increase by two the representation of the Transport Executives. The council also proposes a resolution which will empower it to co-opt not more that three persons from among associate members.
Other points from the Association's report include concern of the proposed EEC drivers' hours rules as governed by Regulation 543 /69 and the Second Social Regulation. On EEC membership generally the report states that consideration has been given to ways and means by which the views of the industry could effectively be made known in the EEC although the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association, on account of its membership of the International Road Transport Union and other Continental contacts, has been able to take initiative in this respect on the industry's behalf. But. states the report, it is obvious that the industry's representations within the EEC and its negotiations in such matters with the UK Government, would be greatly strengthened if a joint body fully representative of the industry were to be set up.