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EEC
NW-bile the European Parliament supports the principle of cabotage, reports the June edition of Freight, it would like only one such operation allowed on the return of an International journey, while the Commission proposed Iwo on the return. The Freight Transport Association believes cabotage should be permitted on the outward as well as the return trip — and subject to no quantitive restriciton. "Additionally, the same cabotage freedom as is to be made available to own-account operators in the hire and reward sector, should also be available to own-account operators for the carriage of their own goods," II Laws compelling operators to switch goods traffic from overcrowded roads to rail or ifiland waterways are suggested in a report to the European Conference of Transport Ministers this month, Commercial Motor, June 7. IIIFrom September 29 the Post Office and all other private sector parcels carriers will be exempt from the EEC drivers' hours regulations, the Department of Transport has stated. Commercial Motor, May 24.
For the first time, the EEC Commission proposed legislation last week, reports Commercial Motor, May 24, to reduce the level of emissions from diesel-engined commercial vehicles. By mid-1988, it is planned that all member governments will implement a directive proposing cuts of 20% in polution by nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide, and 30% in hydrocarbon.
EEC officials say the reductions will add only 1% to 4% to manufacturing costs and that the impact on operating costs will be "negligible".