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RHA wants Euro-5 early-bird reward
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The DfT has been asked to extend the RPC scheme to cover operators
that have already bought Euro-5 trucks. Roanna Avison reports.
MANUFACTURERS and the Road Haulage Association (RHA) have met the Department of Transport after operators expressed their anger over the proposed introduction of a reduced pollution certificate (RPC) for Euro-5 vehicles from October.
In last year's Budget, the Chancellor promised to consider the scope for incentives to encourage the early take-up of Euro-5. He confirmed an RPC scheme in his 2007 Budget. but it will be restricted to Euro-5 LGVs fitted with a depowering drive system that kicks in if a truck's anti-pollution system fails.
Jack Semple, director of policy at the RHA, says there is a strong feeling in the industry that this is not good enough for those that have already bought Euro-5: "About 5,000 companies have been caught out, so we sat down with the manufacturers and the DiT to see if anything could be done.
Semple says the RHA wants these early-bird operators to be included in the scheme even though their trucks do not have the depowering system. "These vehicles have on-board monitoring which makes it possible to see if the system's working properly," he explains. "We hope the DtT will take that into account."
Ashley Bassett, joint MD at RG Bassetts and Sons,says his firm has just taken delivery of two Euro-5 Daf XF105 tractor units — and he isn't impressed by the limited RPC scheme: "If I had my time again I would certainly cancel them."
Bassett says the company bought the vehicles with the environment in mind, adding: "I feel somewhat bewildered. We've been proactive and gained very little from it."
A D1T spokeswoman says the details of the policy have yet to be decided.