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111 A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT E German authorities have announced a new procedure which will be applicable eforth to British hauliers wishing to obtain licences to operate in the Federal Republic. essential feature of the new system is that must. be paid with the application. This Lopment has been caused by the unco-operaattitude of British hauliers who have failed sy their fees for long periods at a time. It is rstood that in 1965, for example, the German orities issued 119 road licences in favour of sit concerns, and in respect of 70 per cent Lese, the fees were settled only after several mds for payment had been made.
Regierungspraesident in Dusseldorf therefore ruled that in future all fees from sh hauliers must be submitted with the cations. A licence issued for a four-day ki costs DM 5 and a licence valid for a longer xl comes to DM 10. The money will have sent by cheque or postal order to the wing address:— .tgierunds-Hauptkasse, beim Regierung:sidenten. 4 Dusseldorf, Cec-ilien Allee 2, thaltung 1, under reference: "Genehmigung den grenzitberschreitenden gewerblichen ,sengiiterverkehr UK Bundesrepublik schland".
he application must be in German and should am n the following information:—(a) complete 'ess of applicant; (b) type and model of ele; (c) registration number; (d) unladen ht; (e) effective load; (f) total laden weight; type of goods for transit; (h) duration of ney; (i) length, width and height of vehicle. he German authorities have also drawn Mon to the fact that there has been a ency for British operators to confuse the tax with the road licence fee. The former is e paid at the border and is quite a separate ge.