Mr. John Nolan:

Senator Dooley mentioned the transit. I had an experience last week where we were doing a transit to France. We followed what we thought were the correct procedures, but I was told this morning that we did not follow the correct procedure because the transit was not cleared in Calais in France. Now the truck is in Germany and we have to sort out that issue. France does not clear transits electronically the way they are cleared in Dublin. I am told that France needs to be told by means of an email to a certain address 12 hours before a load arrives. I was informed only this morning that one has to be a French customs entity to do that. I question that, but they are telling me the rules. France is not making it easy for us to do the transit. I know from another associate that last week 45 transits from the island of Ireland terminated in France since Brexit while 800 were terminated in Holland. The reason they are terminated in Holland is because it is simpler there as it is done electronically. It is less onerous for the person terminating the transit. To my mind, France is difficult.