C.M.U.A. and Imported Vehicles.
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Advance Memorandum Regarding the Prohibition of the Importation of Commercial-motor Vehicles and Parts.
The following is the text of the memorandum whichwas approved by the General Committee of the C.M.U.A. on the 7th June. The permission of the Permanent Secretazy of the Board of Trade has been given for its publication:—
(1) No opposition is offered by the Commercial Motor Users Association to the prohibition Of the importation of complete commercial-motor vehicles, provided satisfactory arrangements are concurrently made for "releases" of British-made vehicles under existing Certificates of Release which have not yet been. satiefied., and for the issue and satisfaction of further Certificates of Release for vehicles, and for spare parts, at a reasonable rate of supply. (2) The system of "releases" should be remodelled, and a small Joint Committee of the Departments concerned, with several representatives of motor-transport users added, should sit to consider applications and decide the relative merits of applicants, on the basis of national importance.
(3)There should be no prohibition of the importation' of a sufficiency of spare parts for imported vehicles which are now in use, and any proposed restrictions or regulations might be referreCto the suggested Joint Committee.
(4) If the Department considers that there is a danger of the importation of parts being in excess of users' legitimate requirements, the Association will be prepared to recommend the acceptance of the existing tariff on spare parts without the "drawback" for such parts. As an alternative, the Association thinks it would be fairer to users of imported commercial-motor vehicles now in service that no spare parts should in future be imported without a Certificate from the above „suggested Joint Committee, as an authority for the "drawback," Conferences as to detail subsequently took place on the lines of the recommendation of the 0.M.U.A. Committee. The results, so far as they are available, are embodied in the memorandum of the Board of Trade which was circulated to the Press, in explanaiion of the Proclamation, on. the 27th ult., which reads:
"Licences to import will be granted in eases where the goods were either en route ..for the United Kingdom or actually paid for atthe date of the Proclamation. Licences will also be given where it can be shown. that the importation is desirable in the national interests or where the motorcar (being .a commercial car) is urgently required for any of the purposes specified in Class A of the Order of Priority for the distribution of motor spirit (see TUE COMMERCIAL MOTOR, 8th June, page 293), or for agricultural purposes, or for the conveyance of essential goods. Licences will further be issued for the importation of spare parts for imported commercial vehicles which are already in. the United Kingdom."