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EU neighbors are ready to enter Germany to court on the highway tax.
EU neighbors are ready to enter Germany to court on the highway tax.
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Following an adjustment to plans agreed in Brussels on Friday, the toll is now ready to be set up for cars registered abroad Cars registered in Germany also pay but receive refunds in the form of tax deductions.
Neighboring countries have said that the compromise agreement continues to discriminate against non-German citizens Governments of Austria and the Netherlands have said they are prepared to take legal action against Germany and Belgium and Denmark have said they plan to do the same.
We will look very carefully, said Anton Heinzl, a spokesman for the Social Democrats Austrian SPÖ If it is found that the Austrians are discriminated against, we will fight against this toll by any means and certainly with means legal.
The Dutch Minister of Transport, Melanie Schultz van Haegen, said his government intended to take his case to the European Court of Justice, calling alarming levels.
The only way to address these concerns is to prevent the introduction of the toll, she said.
Following the European Commission's disapproval, the regime that German policy makers have worked for years, has been revised to link the charge to environmental standards so that the fuel-efficient cars pay less than those that are more polluting.
The balance is due a minimum of: 2 50 2 10 for a pass to 10 days and a maximum of 20 The annual cost will not exceed 130 stickers on cars show a driver paid the tax, which some experts estimate will raise about 500 m per year, while others have warned, it may cost more to implement it will bring.
Alexander Dobrindt, German transport minister said the toll was fair and just and would ensure that all drivers contribute enough to finance our highways.
The German autobahn network is one of the largest in the world at just under 8,000 miles 13000 km This is a magnet for car lovers, thousands of them visit Germany every year just to drive on highways and enjoy the many sections without speed limit.
The plan comes on top of a truck or toll goods vehicles introduced in 2005 has been a pet project of the Christian Social Union CSU Dobrindt since the 2013 general election he had no approval Chancellor Angela Merkel, who insisted he would not happen on his watch.
Members of the Christian Democrat Merkel, sister party CSU and the Social Democrats, the main coalition partners, were very critical of the plan.
The Minister of Transport of Austria, Jörg Leichtfried, said the compromise was only deception It's just that they managed to scramble a little discrimination against foreign drivers, he said.
Anton Hofreiter, leader of the opposition parliamentary group of the Greens, said that if his party joined the government after the next election would be scrapped toll If the Greens enter the government of the motorway tax would be up there with the things that we would try to revoke, he said.
Violeta Bulc, the European Commissioner for Transport, said the infringement procedure against Germany to be in violation of European treaties key would now be abandoned, after what she described as intensive negotiations that lasted for months .
These changes mean that it can no more doubt about the possible disadvantages to foreigners, she said after a meeting with Dobrindt.
The changes will be voted in the Bundestag and the toll should not be implemented until after the general election next year.
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