Look To Your Rates 00AD HAULAGE ASSOCIATION L members should
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apply the increases ommended by their own Rates CornLace from time to time and should also, rhaps just as frequently, have a look at c rates they are actually charging, corn.re these carefully with the cost of leration and decide whether in fact they e giving something for nothing.
This Was the advice given by Mr. R. B. a vice-chairman of R.H.A.'s tstern Area, at the King's Lynn sub-area nual dinner on Friday. Within the next w week-S, he said, the Association's tional Rates Committee-would, be eeting again and should have available 7tails of any changes in costs introduced the Budget and by the new rating Illations, in additon to the information ialysed at their earlier meeting.
The one bad reason for keeping rates w, he went on, was the often irrational ar that the traffic would be lost if the 'ice was too high. Competition could ten frighten operators into working for reward that meant they could not afford keep their vehicles up to•concert pitch.
No E.E.C. Decisions Likely This Year
e From a Special Correspondent
7HE delay in agreeing and applying an L E.E.C. transport policy is likely to be ,en greater than was suggested in the port published in The Commercial rotor last week, Having failed to agree a common transport policy resolution, id having passed the issue back to the omrnission, the Council of Ministers, it now clear, will merely " note" any ommission proposals put before them at ieir meeting on June 14 and will pass lem immediately to the European Parlia,entary Asse,mbly and the Economic and acial Committee for their comments. These two bodies will need several
loriths to pass opinions on the proposals ad it is now most unlikely that the mined of Ministers will even start ebating them before the end of the year. ,nd these are supposed to be the items come into force in 1963-64-651
Or. Beeching to Address Hauliers
rHE chairman of the British Railways Board, Dr. Richard 'leeching, will e. the principal guest at the annual inner of the Road Haulage Association, r be held at Grosvenor House, London, a Wednesday, May 15, 1963. He will repose the toast of the Association, and ie national chairman, Mr. D. 0, Good, ill respond.
More T.I.R. Countries .1.JLGARIA and Czechoslovakia have joined the T.I.R. carnet road transort customs document agreement of the aternational Road Transport Union. he agreement now embraces 18 coun-les, six in Eastern Europe.