GREECE CASE
September 1st, 2002
KEITH NUTHALLTHE GREEK government is being taken to the European Court of Justice over its insistence that lorry drivers should pay registration taxes in Greece to use their vehicle temporarily in that country, even if it is registered in another EU Member State. Judges will be asked by the European Commission to order Athens to abolish the system and allow foreign EU drivers to deliver goods in Greece, without paying the tax and without risking fines if they do not. Brussels added that the rule was also backed up by: "Regular seizures, confiscations and auction ...
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