UK stops Irish bid for rebates
20th March 1997, Page 13
20th March 1997
Page 13
Page 13, 20th March 1997
— UK stops Irish bid for rebates
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Keywords :
Motorway, Transport In Europe, Benelux, Brussels And The European Union, Viscount Goschen, Luxembourg, Rebate
• Britain has scuppered an Irish bid for a 35% rebate on the Eurovignette, which gives access to motorways in the Benelux countries, Denmark and Germany.
At a Brussels EU transport ministers meeting Ireland, Greece and Portugal argued that because they are on the outer rim of the EC they are entitled to preferential treatment.
British Transport Minister Viscount Goschen replied that Aberdeen was further away from the EU's economic centre than Galway. Luxembourg Transport Minister Madi DelvauxStehres said that if rebates were granted to all those who considered themselves as peripheral, Luxembourg hauliers would be the only ones to pay the full price for their vignettes.
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Organisations:
European Union
People:
Viscount Goschen, Madi DelvauxStehres
Locations:
Aberdeen