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Weights peace?
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COMMON MARKET officials are now more optimistic that their controversial proposals for harmonising EEC lorry weights will lead to an agreement by EEC Transport Ministers some time next year, reports our Brussels correspondent.
The Brussels proposals have not made any headway for several years because of the wide variations ranging from 32.5 tonnes in Britain and a maximum of 50 tonnes in Holland.
Brussels officials who are in constant touch with member countries believe the key to the issue will be the findings of the Armitage inquiry which are due to be published in October.
If the Armitage reports is favourable, the EEC is hopeful that the European Parliament will back the Commission's proposals and there will be a 50-50 chance of getting an agreement from Transport Ministers.
Environmentalists in the Parliament are rallying their forces under Stanley Johnson, a former Brussels Eurocrat and European MP for Hampshire East.
Last month, they forced through a 7-4 vote in the Parliament's Environment Committee — when most of the members had left — to throw out the proposed 44-tonne limit. But the vote that really matters is in the Transport Committee — and this has not yet taken place.
PERISHABLE foodstuffs containers and vehicles must be tested individually or be subjected to type approval from November 21.
Under the terms of the ATP agreement on perishable foods transport, the Department of Transport has given advance notice that it will cease to certify such vehicles by examination from that date.