#62023CJ0479EU Court judgment on Bulgaria’s delayed electronic road toll rules
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Holds Bulgaria to account for not putting EU electronic road toll rules into national law on time. The rules are meant to make electronic toll systems work across the EU and to help countries exchange vehicle data when road fees are not paid. For business, the practical impact is mainly on toll operators, electronic toll service providers, fleet operators and public authorities in Bulgaria. Bulgaria later notified more national measures and the Commission dropped its request for a daily penalty, but it still sought a lump-sum payment for the long delay.
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Key Changes
- Confirms that Bulgaria missed the deadline to transpose EU electronic road toll rules.
- Keeps financial pressure on Bulgaria through a requested lump-sum sanction for the delay.
- Highlights compliance duties for toll chargers and electronic toll service providers, including interoperability, billing, data handling and cross-border fee enforcement.