Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries
(asked on 1st October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) ECMT and (b) short-term ECMT international road haulage permits have been (i) applied for, (ii) approved and (iii) refused each month in the last 12 months.
The monthly breakdown for the requested figures is as follows:
| Annual ECMT Permits | Short Term ECMT Permits | ||||
| Applied | Approved | Refused | Applied | Approved | Refused |
Oct-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nov-18 | 3,781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dec-18 | 4,493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jan-19 | 3,118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Feb-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mar-19 | 582 | 1,602 | 10,408 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Apr-19 | 0 | 467 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
May-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jun-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jul-19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Aug-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Sep-19 |
| 0 | 0 | 224 | 72 | 40 |
Short-term ECMT permits have only been refused where the proposed journey can be conducted without an ECMT permit.
As of 2 October 2019, 112 short-term ECMT permit requests are under consideration. These are usually within 10 working days, it may be longer where the need has to be established.
Annual ECMT permit applications were mostly made in anticipation of the UK leaving the EU on 29 March 2019 when there were no other confirmed market access arrangements in place.
On 25 March 2019 the EU adopted Regulation 2019/501 for basic road transport connectivity if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Under the regulation, UK hauliers will be able to carry out road haulage to EU Member States until 31 December 2019 and make the vast majority journeys without a permit.
The European Commission has also, on 4 September 2019, published a proposal to extend this measure until 31 July 2020.