October 28, 2011 8:30:38 AM CEST
MOTORWAY TOLLS, the saga rolls on
European Transport Commission requests Portugal to comply with rules on the charging of heavy goods vehicles
Interesting link in particular the line
The reason for this request
The Portuguese law transposing the Euro vignette Directive contains a provision that leaves concession toll systems entirely outside the scope of the directive. The Commission considers this to be contrary to the directive. In addition, Portugal failed to comply with the obligation to communicate to the Commission information on the calculation of the tolls for newly introduced tolling arrangements.
Link
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1253&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
The action instigated by the EEC follows a complaint by Spain in relation to the introduction of tolls last October on the A28
Perhaps there is another directive that we are not aware of concerning the rest of us.
It will be very interesting what action Portugal will take, if any?
Watch this space