Helsinki disaccord
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BRITISH attempts to obta additional multilateral rc.• haulage permits failed last we at a council meeting of tl European Conference of Mini ters of Transport in Helsinki.
The British delegation, led I Transport Secretary Norma Fowler, pressed initially for a fc mule whereby there was a automatic increase in quota all cations, but in light of objectioi modified this to an increase th time of six quotas per country.
Even that failed to satis other governments, notab from smaller countries III, Austria which are concernc about the effect of transit traffi West Germany, too, objected it wanted the increases to be ti€ in with weights harmonisatic and moves to make maximu, use of its railways.
Despite these setbacks, a D partment of Transpoi spokesman told CM that a meeting was "useful", and sa that all Ministers had benefite from the free exchange of view: