AUSTRIA TYROL MOTORWAY ALPINE PASS LORRY BAN ECJ CASE
April 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LIFTING of a planned lorry ban on the important Alpine A12 motorway on the Tyrol, has led to the European Commission abandoning legal action against the Austrian government. Brussels had successfully argued at the European Court of Justice that the ban was a disproportionate response to the need to protect the Alps' fragile environment.
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THE LIFTING of a planned lorry ban on the important Alpine A12 motorway on the Tyrol, has led to the European Commission abandoning legal action against the Austrian government. Brussels had successfully argued at the European Court of Justice that the ban was a disproportionate response to the need to protect the Alps' fragile environment.
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