MIA takes EU concerns to House of Lords
The UK's Motorsport Industry Association has submitted a formal response to the proposed changes to EU working time regulations to the relevant House of Lords Social & Consumer Affairs Committee. The MIA submission outlined a number of "fundamental" concerns on behalf of the UK motorsport industry
The submission stated: "It is vital that the European motorsport and high-performance engineering industry retains its advantage in the face of competition from the USA and Japan, where no such working time restrictions apply. The ability of the European motorsport sector to provide highly skilled engineering solutions within a short timeframe is critical to this.
"The enforcement of working time restrictions will impact upon the competitiveness of the sector. Ultimately, if performance is adversely affected within Motorsport Valley (Europe's centre of excellence for motorsport and high-performance engineering) by the removal of the opt-out, this could result in business going outside the European Union."
The deadline for responses to the EU's current consultation process on working hours regulations is March 31, 2004. The UK government has asked that comments from individual companies to the consultation process should be channelled through the MIA. Companies can find out more by visiting the EC website.
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