REPORTS
Failure to fully transpose the legislation on the European Electronic Toll Service – infringement: INFR(2021)0523
Each Member State of the European Union must fully apply EU law. The body responsible for identifying possible violations of EU law is the European Commission. Where a Member State does not apply EU law and breaches its obligations under the EU Treaties, the European Commission may open a formal infringement procedure under Articles 258 and 260 TFEU (see details on the infringement procedure here).
As mentioned in the October infringements package, Greece did not notify the Commission of the full transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/520 (on the interoperability of electronic toll systems and facilitating the cross-border exchange of information on non-payment of road charges in the Union) into its national law. In particular, Greece has not designated a national contact point for the exchange of information between Member States when a road user is found not to have paid a road toll and has therefore not fully transposed the legislation on the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS). For this reason, the European Commission has decided to send a reasoned opinion to Greece.
More information on this procedure can be found on the European Commission’s website by entering INFR(2023)2078 in the “Infringement number” field.
The application of EU law is an obligation of the Member States of the European Union. If infringements of EU law are identified, the European Commission may take a series of actions against the Member State concerned to ensure the correct and full application of EU law by opening infringement proceedings under Articles 258 and 260 TFEU.
In October 2023, the European Commission decided to send a reasoned opinion to Greece for failing to notify the Commission of the full transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/520 and called on the country to fully transpose the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) legislation.
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