INTERMODAL LOADING UNITS (9265/04)
Letter from the Chairman to Rt Hon Rosie
Winterton MP, Minister of State for Transport, Department for
Transport
Sub-Committee B has been holding this item under
scrutiny since 8 June 2004. In a letter dated 18 July
2005[40]
your predecessor, Stephen Ladyman MP, wrote to us reporting that
the proposal appeared to lack sufficient support from Member States,
but had not been formally withdrawn. We would appreciate a further
update, outlining the current status of the proposal. Furthermore,
we would like your reassurance that if this proposal is revived
or replaced with a new proposal, a new EM would be deposited.
13 November 2007
Letter from Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Parliamentary
Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport, to the Chairman
I am writing to update you on the current status
of the above proposal as requested in your letter of 13 November
2007.
As you may know from the previous correspondence
on this dossier, the proposal was effectively withdrawn from the
Council Working Group negotiations in November 2004 under
the Dutch Presidency due to a lack of support from Member States.
Like the Government, other Member States also had doubts as to
whether the proposal was the most appropriate way to achieve harmonised
standards and whether acceptance by industry could be obtained.
Member States also took the view that the standardisation of units
already appears to be happening on industry's own initiative and
should be market driven.
In EM 14266/07 on the Freight Transport
Logistics Action Plan, we noted that the Commission were proposing
to update the ILU proposal to technical progress. However we now
understand that the Commission is re-considering this position,
although no decision has yet been taken on how it will proceed.
Please accept my assurance that if the Commission does to decide
to revive the original proposal or bring forward a revised one,
the Government will submit a new EM to the Scrutiny Committees
for consideration.
7 January 2008
Letter from the Chairman to Jim Fitzpatrick
MP
Thank you for your letter dated 7 January
giving the Committee assurances that a new Explanatory Memorandum
will be submitted if this proposal is revived. Sub-Committee B
considered this at its meeting of 14 January and decided
to clear the document from scrutiny.
15 January 2008
40 Correspondence with Ministers, 45th Report of Session
2006-06, HL Paper 243, p160. Back
|
