BRUSSELS OPPOSES LORRY BANS BASED ON LOAD TYPES
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL THE EUROPEAN Commission has declared illegal under European Union (EU) freedom of trade laws, lorry bans based on cargo carried (other than dangerous goods). The precedent setting declaration, opposes a Austrian plan to block lorries carrying bulk goods, such as waste, cereals, timber, cork, stones, soil, rubble, motor vehicles, trailers, building steel and ceramic tiles from using the A12 motorway in the Inn valley, part of an Alpine pass. The Tyrol regional government wants to limit lorries driving between Germany and Italy across its ...
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