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EEC opposition to quota increase

28th November 1981
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:OMMON MARKET transport firms face the thrEtt,it of a second year

without an increase in the Community quo of international cences, reports our Brussels correspondent.

Strong opposition is building p in advance of the meeting on ecember 15 of EEC transport linisters in Brussels where the abject is one of the most imporint items on the agenda.

The Germans, who have al'ays tried to limit the system tile encouraging greater use f the railways, will have power!! backing. Besides Italy, the new French Communist Minister of Transport, M Charles Fiterman, is also keen to promote the railways rather than road transport.

Previously, under President Giscard d'Estaing, French policy in Brussels had championed the private road transport sector.

For next year the EEC Commission is proposing to increase the 3,827 licences which were available in 1981 to 4,587.

Under the new system of distribution, partly based on the use made of the licences in the previous year, Britain's share would rise from 418 to 471.

But a Brussels spokesman said that Transport Secretary• David Howell will have his work cut out to get even a small increase.

Ministers will also exchange views on the EEC Commission's recent compromise plan for a 40-tonne European lorry on five or more axles.

The Commission suggests an 11-tonne driving axle weight — but there seems no chance that Britain will go beyond the 10.5 tonnes suggested in the Armitage Report.

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Organisations: EEC Commission
Locations: Brussels

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