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Illegal Discounts

November 12, 2007

Toll discounts offered by Spain to road hauliers who are frequent users of the country’s motorways has brought legal action from the Commission.

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The current Eurovignette directive only allows discounts from road tolls where frequent use leads to administrative cost savings. Spain offers 50% discounts to frequent users of its toll motorways, which the Commission says are both discriminatory against non-Spanish hauliers and out of proportion with any cost savings. Spain has three months to respond to the action.

This news story is taken from the November 2007 edition of T&E Bulletin.

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