AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

EC plans to rule Euro haulage

22nd March 1990, Page 6
22nd March 1990
Page 6
Page 6, 22nd March 1990 — EC plans to rule Euro haulage
Close
Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.

Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

• Sweeping new regulatory powers over the haulage industry are being sought by the European Commission in preparation for the Single European Market.

The Commission wants to establish a monitoring system to keep track of any "serious and enduring imbalance between supply and demand, causing an excess of transport capacity and a slump in freight tariffs."

Quarterly soundings of the European road-transport industry will determine whether problems occur "where a properly managed undertaking can no longer cover average costs". In such instances the Commission wants to have the pc)wer to: ▪ Freeze the issue of interna tional haulage permits

111 Impose limits on the maximum tonnage authorised by each haulage company

O Ration the issue of licences to new businesses

LI Make the registration of a new vehicle conditional on an operator disposing of its equivalent in vehicle capacity.

In the case of overcapacity in the road transport industry, the EC plans to provide support for the redeployment of staff. Similar schemes have already supported the restructuring of the coal, steel, textiles and fisheries industries.

The Commission wants its new powers to come into effect in January next year and to be renewable annually.

Transport commissioner Karel Van Miert says: "The safeguard clause is an accompanying measure to the complete abolition of the system of quotas which has restricted access to the market.

1=1 The European Parliament has endorsed the EC's plan to increase bilateral haulage permits by 40% a year between now and 1992. The total will increase from 24,021 last year to 65,918 by 1993.


comments powered by Disqus