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FTA finds a faster route to blockade payments

23rd July 1992, Page 6
23rd July 1992
Page 6
Page 6, 23rd July 1992 — FTA finds a faster route to blockade payments
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• The Freight Transport Association says that French national law could provide a better route to compensation for losses incurred during the recent truckers' blockades than the Treaty of Rome.

The FTA says there is a precedent for claims under Article 92 of law 83-8, dated 7 January 1983. These could be dealt with directly by the French courts.

Dave Green, FTA controller of international affairs, says: "This law places a strict liability on the French government for illegal acts performed by its citizens, provided the government failed to act within a reasonable length of time."

The association will argue that the French government acted too slowly to bring the situation under control.

But Green warns: "I have to say that realistically this is only going to be worthwhile for large claims, because of the expense of litigation."

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