French Shippers' Council

Mission and goals

The French Shippers' Council (Association des Utilisateurs de Transport de Fret - AUTF) represents industry and traders as good transport users. Nowadays, international competition drives industry to control not only their production but the way they obtain the raw material for their factories and the way they supply their final clients. The whole supply chain needs to be efficient to maintain a strong industry in Europe in general and in France in particular. It is a major competitiveness issue. To achieve that goal, AUTF has got four missions:

• To inform its members
• To represent them in front of national and regional public authorities
• To raise the profile of transport and logistics in industrial companies
• To offer its members many occasions to exchange experiences and knowledge

French Shippers' Council deals with all the modes of transport:

• Road
• Rail
• Inland waterways
• Air
• Maritime

Influence in Europe

Transport issues not only concern the national frame, many important decisions are taken by European authorities. That is the reason why national action of the French Shippers' Council needs to be reinforced by actions on a European level.

AUTF belongs to the European Shippers' Council to be represented and to have an active influence on the construction of a good European transport framework.