A month's supension for EEC
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• South Eastern & Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner Brigadier Michael Turner has suspended the licence held by Kings Cross-based European Express Cargo for the month of November.
And Turner renewed the company's six-vehicle licence only until 10 June next year. The corn
missioner had earlier deferred his decision at an Eastbourne public inquiry (CV/30 Sept-6 Oct).
An examination of the company's tachograph charts showed its drivers committed 78 alleged offences from August to October last year.
Some of the company's vehicles operated in the UK were either untaxed or the correct rate of vehicle excise duty had not been paid. European Express said this situation had now been put right.
A company spokesman said monitoring of the tachograph records was now in the hands of an expert company and claimed unforeseen circumstances had affected its finances. He said the company never sought to avoid paying vehicle excise duty. Back duty had been paid and all its vehicles were now taxed.