BRITAIN FACING EUROPEAN COMMISSION LEGAL ACTION OVER ROADSIDE CHECKS
October 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has warned the British government that it has two months to prove it will implement a 2006 European Union (EU) law saying how roadside working time and tacograph checks should be undertaken, or face legal action. Britain is amongst eight EU member states sent a final warning letter threatening a case at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which has authority to order action. The other countries are Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia. The law - directive EC/506/2006 - says where, how and ...
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