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Germans plan to control own-account transport
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• A Bill which would apply a restrictive licensing system to all German own-account transport operators is due to be discussed by the West German Federal Parliament —the Bundestag—this month. It has drawn an immediate protest from the own-account section of the IRU (the International Road Transport Union) and is likely to cause a storm in Germany.
Drafted by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, the Bill provides for a new regulation to be applied to long-distance own-account traffic; it would be applicable to vehicles of 4 tons payload and upwards, and combinations with tractive units of over 55 bhp. When the present German own-account transport tax ended, probably at the end of this year, a method of certification would be substituted. Ownaccount operators would have to apply to the Federal Office for Long-Distance Goods Traffic, declaring their average monthly tonnage and mileage, and the certificate—or licence—would be issued once the application had been evaluated by this office.
Details in the application would be made public to professional hauliers on request.
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