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New trucking rules will affect UK – Brexit or not, says FTA

[ June 8, 2017   //   ]

Don’t assumed that the proposed new European Commission Mobility Package will not affect you because of Brexit, warns the Freight Transport Association as it launches a new briefing paper.

The document makes clear why, even though the proposals are unlikely to come into law until after March 2019, many of the proposals will affect how goods will move into and out of Europe from the UK. It may also be that, in the process of Brexit negotiations for a trade deal and continued mutual access to respective transport markets, the UK Government agrees to implement some or all of the proposals in domestic law as part of maintaining parity with EU standards, says FTA.

It says that the package, comprising eight legislative files and various accompanying documents, has potentially huge implications for the transport sector – including proposals which would change drivers’ hours rules, tachographs, operator licensing and minimum wage rules for visiting drivers. 

 

FTA chief executive David Wells, said: “We are advising our members to plan that any – or even all – of these proposals could come into force in the UK, once adopted.”

He added: “This is a complex set of proposals, and FTA has the breadth and depth of expertise not only to understand what the implications for our members will be, but also to get actively involved in continuing to shape new rules so that law makers recognise the impacts they may have on industry.  This document will aid members and the industry in understanding the potential impacts.”

FTA will be discussing the proposals with its members in freight council meetings across the country throughout June, and taking the agreed positions to civil servants and ministers in Whitehall, as well as European Commission officials and MEPs in Brussels.   

The briefing document can be found at: http://bit.ly/2r93JwH

 

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