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UK-Eire permit plans change on July 1
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The Department of Transport announced this week the new licensing arrangements which will apply to road haulage between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland when the unilateral road haulage agreement, signed last April comes into force on 1 July.
The agreement provides that, instead of obtaining licences from the authorities in Dublin, United Kingdom operators must obtain permits from the appropriate UK authorities. Permits will be available on demand. Certain categories of operation, notably transport on own account, will be permit-free and operators will be allowed to carry goods between Eire and third countries.
Operators based in Great Britain will obtain permits from the International Road Freight Office (IR FO), Westgate House, Westgate Road, Newcastle Jpon-Tyne NE1 17W, telephone (0632) 610031.
Operators from Northern Ireland should normally apply For a permit from the Departmint of the Environment (Northern Ireland), 21 Linenha II Street, Belfast BT2 8NX telephone (0232) 30555. Permits from I RFO will be required where a Northern Ireland tractor tows a trailer or semi-trailer originating from Great Britain and where the operator is a subsidiary or associate of a nonNorthern Ireland concern established in Northern Ireland after 1966.
Although transport on own .account between the UK and EIRE will be permit-free, ioperators concerned should carry an own account document on the vehicle when in EIRE. They are strongly advised to use a standard document .which has been agreed with the authorities in the Republic and will be available, after June 15, from the Freight Transport Association, Hermes House, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9UZ.
Under European Community rules certain types of transport are exempt from permit requirements. Full details of these categories can be obtained from IRFO.