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Eastern hauliers to meet EC rules

5th March 1992, Page 10
5th March 1992
Page 10
Page 10, 5th March 1992 — Eastern hauliers to meet EC rules
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• EC hauliers have been assured that rivals from Eastern Europe will have to meet strict maintenance requirements if they want to compete in the Community.

Vehicle checks could be set up on EC borders to monitor maintenance and emission standards on trucks coming from Hungary and Czechoslovakia, says an expert from Germany's vehicle inspection agency: "One could envisage something along Austrian lines," Dr Paul Philipps of DECRA told operators at the European Transport Maintenance Council conference in Antwerp this week.

But he stressed that before such a scheme could be set up, Eastern European hauliers would have to be made aware of EC standards.