TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT
June 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLA KEY European Parliament committee has called on the European Commission to develop legislation enabling European Union (EU) police and courts to deal with traffic offences committed by a haulier in a foreign EU state. This would involve law enforcement officials investigating and prosecuting their offences, plus enforcing fines and other punishments meted out in another country. The parliament's transport committee said it had acted because: "Cross-border enforcement of road traffic law remains very unsatisfactory" within the EU. It added: "The ...
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