Romanian lorry bill
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LORRIES crossing Romania now subject to a supplement transit tax which requil special permits if vehicl weights and dimensions exc4 either British or Roman limits.
Weighing equipment has bi installed to enforce the linbut special permits are availa from ROMTRANS offices at manian frontier points, payment of a supplementary based on gross weight and distance to be covered in ROT nia. This is charged at a ratE 0.24 Lei/tonne/km (the comrr cial exchange rate is 8.3 Lei/£ According to the Departm of Transport, the supplement tax is 2.89 pence/tonne/km, 4 it says that a 32.5 tonne lc (the Romanian limit for a ft axle artic is 32 tonnes) would charged £650 to run across mania from Hungary to Bulge
The Freight Transport AF. dation said this measure hi lights the disadvantage at wlBritish operators run on Continent, because of the los gross weight limit in Britain.
While five-axle artics can at 38 tonnes in Romania, Bril ones cannot, in retaliati against Britain's gross wei limit. The limit for our vehicle 32.52 tonnes.