Road tolls issue to be settled Thursday

Infrastructure Minister Milutin Mrkonjić says the tolls for Serbian and foreign trucks on Serbian roads will be made the same by the government on Thursday.

Izvor: B92

Monday, 02.02.2009.

10:14

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Infrastructure Minister Milutin Mrkonjic says the tolls for Serbian and foreign trucks on Serbian roads will be made the same by the government on Thursday. This is expected to solve the problems regarding licenses for Serbian truck drivers in Greece, because of which over 100 Serbian trucks have been blocked from leaving the country since Saturday evening. Road tolls issue to be settled Thursday The Association of International Transport hopes that Greece will enable the Serbian transporters to continue working once the Serbian government passes the decision on tolls. “An agreement has been reached between the Serbian president, Finance Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Mladjan Dinkic and me for equaling out the tolls for domestic and foreign vehicles, which the Greek government has been asking for since 2002,” Mrkonjic said. He said that this means that the price foreign vehicles pay for tolls will be decreased in order to match the price paid by domestic transporters. In the meantime, some 130 Serbian trucks remain stranded in Greece, blocked from leaving because their transport licenses expired on January 31. President of the Association for International transport Nedjo Mandic told B92 that the trucks are not even allowed to pack up products because Greek officials did not reissue their licenses, since Serbia has not fulfilled its promise of equalizing road tolls for domestic and Greek transporters. “There are currently 130 Serbian trucks in Greece. A smaller number left [Serbia] with a multilateral CEMT license, and all the others left with bilateral licenses. Practically all who left with these licenses are being blocked,” he said. “They are not allowed on the roads, nor are they allowed to load up, or do anything else. We are in a serious problem and it must be solved immediately. The Greeks are right to ask for what they are asking for, and we must seriously consider our obligations and take care of this,” Mandic said. He added that the Infrastructure Ministry could try to find a solution today, because Greece told the ministry in December that it would not issue new licenses if the tolls are not corrected. Besides more expensive road tolls, Greek transporters are also upset by the much high customs fees on the border between Macedonia and Serbia, Eurosped CEO Dragan Stojanovic said.

Road tolls issue to be settled Thursday

The Association of International Transport hopes that Greece will enable the Serbian transporters to continue working once the Serbian government passes the decision on tolls.

“An agreement has been reached between the Serbian president, Finance Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Mlađan Dinkić and me for equaling out the tolls for domestic and foreign vehicles, which the Greek government has been asking for since 2002,” Mrkonjić said.

He said that this means that the price foreign vehicles pay for tolls will be decreased in order to match the price paid by domestic transporters.

In the meantime, some 130 Serbian trucks remain stranded in Greece, blocked from leaving because their transport licenses expired on January 31.

President of the Association for International transport Neđo Mandić told B92 that the trucks are not even allowed to pack up products because Greek officials did not reissue their licenses, since Serbia has not fulfilled its promise of equalizing road tolls for domestic and Greek transporters.

“There are currently 130 Serbian trucks in Greece. A smaller number left [Serbia] with a multilateral CEMT license, and all the others left with bilateral licenses. Practically all who left with these licenses are being blocked,” he said.

“They are not allowed on the roads, nor are they allowed to load up, or do anything else. We are in a serious problem and it must be solved immediately. The Greeks are right to ask for what they are asking for, and we must seriously consider our obligations and take care of this,” Mandić said.

He added that the Infrastructure Ministry could try to find a solution today, because Greece told the ministry in December that it would not issue new licenses if the tolls are not corrected.

Besides more expensive road tolls, Greek transporters are also upset by the much high customs fees on the border between Macedonia and Serbia, Eurošped CEO Dragan Stojanović said.

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