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No check on foreign vehicles
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• Complaints continue to be made from international hauliers that lack of proper supervision at the ports makes it possible for goods vehicles from other countries to enter the UK without licences or documentation and without paying the appropriate tax and insurance. On the other hand it is said that British vehicles going abroad are invariably checked either by Customs officials or the police.
The MoT has reminded the RHA of negotiations now taking place for the exemption from excise duties on a reciprocal basis of goods vehicles temporarily imported. In the meantime, the Ministry points out, the operators are responsible for licensing these vehicles and there are no arrangements for inspection. It would be expensive to provide permanent facilities at all possible ports of entry for checking the various types of document required.
The international committee of the RHA is continuing to press the matter with the Ministry and is also emphasizing the importance of a check on drivers' hours.
The RHA has also informed the Ministr) that the present quota of 40 vehicles a da■, to Western Germany is inadequate and that in addition more flexibility should be allowed possibly by spreading the quota over a week.