Getting to know the Community
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LT does Britain's entry to the Common
Market mean for the road transport istry? What are the essential features EEC's common transport policy that been so painfully evolved over the last 4 years and which is still incomplete? How far is the transport policy of the Per countries likely to be influenced by the accession of Britain, Ireland and ?nmark? How many British operators ill be affected by the EEC's transport
regulations and what is the likely netable for the legal changes that will ffect domestic as well as international road transport? With this issue of CM the first article 2 new series is published. In succeeding eks, in convenient, summary form, the main elements of the Market will be analysed. How is the Community 'ministered? What are the powers and rope of the Community's institutions? at is the legal structure? How are the munity's rules enforced — and which ones will be applied here? There has been a mass of publicity in recent years about the benefits — and ■ sadvantages — of joining the market. I believes that many readers will have too busy to give much attention to the te of published material But now that -e a member of the Nine — and other tries may soon be candidates for entry — all responsible transport executives a duty to inform themselves about the working of the Community. Many aspects of Community transport policy make sense only if the wider ground of trading policies, social and .onomic philosophies, regional policies, tre understood Transport impinges on U these areas and for the same reason wad transport managers need to know iroadly what is happening in rail water air transport in Europe, since a policy road transport cannot be conceived in isolation from other transport modes.