Netherlands against German tolplan – AD.nl

Edited by Maarten van Ast
8-5-15 – 16:41 Source: Reuters © ANP.

Update Netherlands against the toll which Germany will enter and will try to stop, says minister Melanie Schultz van Infrastructure and Environment. The German Senate voted earlier today in the plan to move from next year tolls on highways and provincial roads. Earlier, the Bundestag, the German parliament, even welcomed.

The plans dupe Dutch driving in Germany, while Germans themselves be offset by a lower road tax

Melanie Schultz

The introduction of this toll sticker means a new barrier to cross-border traffic, says Schultz. ,, The plans dupe Dutch driving in Germany, while Germans themselves be offset by a lower road tax.

The toll must go next year. According to the plan there will be three vignette rates for ten days. For the cleanest cars, foreign motorists 5 euro deposit for such a vignette. There is a middle rate of EUR 10 and the heaviest polluters to pay 15 euros for ten days. German motorists must purchase an annual vignette, but get that back because their road tax goes down.

Germany thinks the toll to get 513.6 million per year in, but opponents of the tolplannen think that a lot less will be.

Our hope is that the plan falls through, we are not in favor of

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Resistance
Neighbouring countries such as the Netherlands are against the toll, but also in three German states that to another country borders (North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate), there is considerable opposition to the plans. The European Commission has yet to decide whether the plans, according to the European rules. Almost certainly the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg must pronounce the final judgment.

The ANWB wants Brussels quickly looks at the situation. ,, The European Commission should immediately see what is and is not. Our hope is that the plan falls through, we are not in favor of “late and spokesperson.

Germany is the most important holiday destination for Dutch. They give out their money, they refuel there, they pay that amount for the vignette so all

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Discrimination
The ANWB has difficulty with the vignette for ten days foreigners to buy. According to the union, there has been discrimination. According to the ANWB Germany already benefit from the Dutch.

,, Germany is the most important holiday destination for Dutch. They give out their money, they fill there, they pay that amount for the vignette so already. ”

The union asks whether Germany proceeds from the tolls at all necessary. ,, If Germany has problems with overdue maintenance of its roads and is short of money, Berlin can also talk to Europe. There is European money for infrastructure, the money they can also get into Europe. “

German toll wicked way
It is very disappointing ,, ” that Germany chooses final toll on the autobahns and Bundesstrassen. That says director Charles Green of the Ems Dollard region, the cooperation of border regions in the northern Netherlands and Northwestern Germany. ,, The toll is a wicked way. The border region is enormous opposition. Germans are afraid that they cost money in terms of purchasing and tourism, ” Green said Friday.

The German parliament had already agreed to the toll and Friday also voted the Senate in Berlin . Thus, the opponents are played in Germany. However there are still issues with the European Commission in Brussels and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. ,, Just as we expect additional assistance, ” said Green.

European Commission
Minister Schultz also awaiting the verdict of the European Commission. ,, That judgment is important for the further steps we can take together with other neighboring countries to stop this. “

It is not clear when the judgment comes. The law must first be officially in Germany published a spokesperson know. Only then bend experts on the text. Commissioner Bulc be stressed that foreigners should not be discriminated against directly or indirectly. They criticized a draft of the tolplan.