BARCELONA SUMMIT
March 1st, 2002
KEITH NUTHALLCONTINENTAL hauliers competing unfairly with British companies because of the low rate of duty of fuel in their home countries, may escape seeing tough rises in excise when the EU passes its long awaited energy taxation directive.Agreeing that the legislation should be passed by December, heads of government at the recent Barcelona summit also performed an about-turn and said that the directive should "bear in mind the needs of professionals in the road haulage industry."David Russell, of the Freight Transport Association, says that this has been ...
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