Road toll companies made mistakes - German transport minister

Kapsch TrafficCom AG

26/06/2019 12:04

BERLIN, June 26 (Reuters) - Contracts the German government
signed with private companies to implement its road toll scheme
- which a European court has since ruled illegal - were
cancelled partly due to breaches by the companies, Transport
Minister Andreas Scheuer said.
    A European court last week ruled that the road toll scheme
was illegal as it was discriminatory in effect against citizens
of neighbouring countries. The costs involved in cancelling
those contracts caused a public outcry.
    Addressing the German parliament's transport committee,
Scheuer said the cancellations were partly related to omissions
and breaches by Kapsch  KTCG.VI  and Eventim  EVDG.DE .

 (Reporting by Markus Wacket
Writing by Thomas Escritt
Editing by Michelle Martin)
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