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Slow lorries lose E5bn

22nd January 1983
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LORRY DELAYS on Europe's frontiers are costing the consumer £5bn a year, according to the Confederation of British Industry.

CBI Europe committee chairman John Raisman gave this figure when he spoke at a dinner in London last week to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Britain's joining the EEC, and went on to call for the elimination of non-tarriff barriers within the EEC.

"British industry has worked hard to identify obstacles to trade in goods and services and to bring them to the attention of the British Government and Community authorities," he said.

Mr Reisman urged industry to take initiatives to capitalise on the potential of Europe, rather than to fight Japanese and United States competition by negative means, saying: "protecting national markets is no answer to the problems of economic stagnation and high unemployment."

An EEC study group has visited Belgian, Dutch and West German frontiers to gather information about frontier formalities and checks. the study group, part of the transport and communications section of the EEC Social Committee, met senior representatives of the Customs and other authorities. It will report and seek to eliminate the difficulties in customs clearance at internal frontiers, with a view to aiding the free circulation of goods within the Community.


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