European Union - Twenty-Fourth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 21 May 2003.
CONTENTS
REPORT
PART 1:EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PART 2: BACKGROUND
The Commission's proposal
The Commission's case
Subsequent legislative developments
Key issues considered by the Committee
PART 3:KEY ISSUES
Competition
International road haulage
Domestic road haulage
Cross-Channel trade
The need for minimum rates
Other possible distortions of competition
Key conclusions on competition
Government revenues
Key conclusions on government revenues
Environmental impact
Impact on taxes and prices
Tax and price changes required to internalise
the external costs of transport
Does this proposal contribute to the internalisation
of external costs?
Key conclusions on the environmental impact
of the proposal
The Commission's forward programme
Key conclusions on the Commission's forward
programme
The position of the UK Government
Key conclusion on the position of the UK
Government
PART 4 SUMMARY OF KEY CONCLUSIONS
Competition
Government revenues
The environmental impact of the proposal
The Commission's forward work programme
The position of the UK Government
Recommendation
Appendix 1: Sub-Committee A (Economic and
Financial Affairs, Trade and External Relations)
Appendix 2: List of Witnesses
Appendix 3: Glossary
Box 1: Rates of excise duties on petrol and
diesel fuel across the EU
Box 2: Variations in taxes by country of
vehicle registration
Box 3: International comparison of road haulage
taxes and total operating costs
Box 4: Foreign Share of international road
haulage traffic between UK and EU mainland
Box 5: The exchange rate of sterling against
the ecu/euro from 1996 to 2002
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