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Court rules Alpine tolls are 'excessivE
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PUNITIVE TOLLS levied on Austria's trans-Alpine Brenner motorway have been undermined by a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, which will allow hauliers to claim compensation.
The decision sets a precedent across the EU: it could be used to challenge other tolls designed to dissuade hauliers from using environmentally sensitive routes.
The ECJ supported Austrian haulage company Rieser Internationale Transporte in its campaign to recoup tolls. which were especially high between 1997 and 2000 for trucks travelling the entire motorway. Drivers using sections of the road were charged far less. Although the policy designed to restrict the nun of foreign drivers using the rc Rieser claimed at Austria's 0 ster Gerichtshof court that it suffered discrimination in c petition with firms using shc local routes.
The ECJ has now ruled Austrian hauliers, "like the h; ers of the other member St may rely on Directive 93/89 Directive 1999/62 to claim because of the [excessive] rat; the full itinerary on the Ausi Brenner motorway they st discrimination in comparison road users using parts only o itinerary on that motorway".