GREECE FACES COURT ACTION OVER DIGITAL TACOGRAPH WEAKNESS
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE GREECE government is being threatened with legal action by the European Commission for failing to insist that Greek hauliers use digital tacographs. European Union (EU) legislation made digital tacographs mandatory for new heavy goods vehicles from May 1 last year, but the Commission has claimed in an announcement: "To date, Greece has still to establish the necessary legal and practical arrangements, including the issue of tachograph cards for drivers, companies, workshops and control officers." Brussels has given Greece two months to say how ...
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