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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11882

13 October 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 30
SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport
Austria lodges proceedings for failure to fulfil an obligation against Germany over its road toll project
Brussels, 12/10/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 12 October, Jörg Leichtfried, the Austrian Transport Minister announced that the Austrian government had launched proceedings for failure to fulfil an obligation at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against Germany. The latter’s introduction of a motorway vignette system is accused of causing indirect discrimination against non-German nationals.

There is nothing new about Austria’s intention to take matters to the ECJ. The Austrian authorities announced this on 31 March...

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