ECJ – AUSTRIA
February 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLPUNITIVE tolls levied on Austria's trans-Alpine Brenner motorway have been undermined by a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, which has opened the way for hauliers to claim compensation against their effect. The decision is a precedent across the European Union and could be used to challenge other punitive tolls, designed to dissuade hauliers from using environmentally sensitive routes.The ECJ has supported Austrian haulage company, Rieser Internationale Transporte GmbH, which has pressed its government to repay some of the tolls, which were ...
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