Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposal COM (2013) 195: Discussion with Haulage and Transport Associations
10:00 am
Mr. Eoin Gavin:
-----to a rail network for transporting one's goods. Passengers also have access to it or to the bus network. It is important that the European model is preserved and the concept is brought forward because it also preserves the national arrangements. For example, the UK has no height limit, France has a height limit of 4.25 m., the Nordic countries have their own limits and Ireland has height limit of 4.65 m. Therefore, from that point of view it is important to preserve the model. Those in Europe are speaking about the European modular system and the length of vehicles but it is important that Directive 96/53 does not impose restrictions on our current arrangements as well, and that is the fear.
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