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You'd need to be an optimist not to read between the lines in the Latest communiqué from the Road Haulage Association PHA] regarding proposed changes to the EU laws governing access to the road transport industry.
According to the RHAS policy director, Jack Semple: -Taken as a whole, I believe that the end result is as good as we could reasonably have hoped to have achieved. That is particularly true on the sensitive issue of cabotage.
However; we're left with the impression that the RHA would have liked more although it was relieved it didn't have to settle for Less. For example. like the RHA, CM is equally 'disappointed' that under the new Access to the Profession Regulations (expected around 20121, own-account operators (0A0slcontinue to get away with not having to employ a CPC holder. Why? After all, 0A0s sign the same 0-licence undertakings as hire or reward hauliers, who must employ a qualified CPC holder before they're even granted their 0-licence. So why treat CMOs differently?
There's an argument that because transport isn't the core function of an OA°. there's a stronger need to employ a CPC holder who knows how to run trucks Legally and professionally. No doubt those CM readers who are professional transport managers in the UK's better-run 0A0 fleets will take umbrage at that. But they shoutd remember just how many butchers, bakers and candlestick-makers there are running one or two trucks with little or no expertise in that area, which is why so many end up in front of their local TC as a consequence of their
ignorance. Ironically, many are required
to have qualifications to prove their competence In their chosen fields even if they aren't in road transport.
Go figure. When it comes to CPC holders, it can't be half and half...
The RHA is right to carry on pushing for it, albeit optimistically.
Brian Weatherley