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Post by depletedreasons on Apr 16, 2008 2:13:09 GMT -5
Romania Increased the Taxes for Danube BridgePublished on: 16.04.2008, 10:02 Author: Olga Yoncheva Romania increased the tax for crossing Danube bridge. It is already changed from 7.14 to 9.50 EUR for cars, informs BNR. This year this is the second increase in the price. On January, 1 Bulgaria increased the tax from 6 to 8 EUR in order to make it equal to the Romanian one. In the beginning of February during her visit in Bucharest, European commissioner Meglena Kuneva claimed that in Europe there were no such taxes and expressed her astonishment that the two countries had not yet removed the taxes. international.ibox.bg/news/id_1873719451
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Post by pagane on Apr 16, 2008 2:31:58 GMT -5
I don't know why Romanians are doing this and why we don't address this issue to the relevant European institutions to deal with it. Not to mention that most people don't pay the charge, they just give less money to the custom officers on the check points and travel without any receipts for being allowed to cross the bridge.
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Post by depletedreasons on Apr 16, 2008 2:50:07 GMT -5
I hope Anittas could explain this.
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Post by jerryspringer on Apr 16, 2008 9:32:27 GMT -5
I think the tax is a bit high for such a small bridge, but I wonder what Kuneva was thinking when she made that statement. If you want to cross the Øresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark by car, you'll have to pay a fee of over 30 euro. If you commute, you'll have to pay around 350 euro a month if you travel by car or some 200 euro if you take the train. In Denmark, if you want to cross from Sjælland, where Copenhagen is located, to Jylland, the mainland that connects Denmark to Germany, you'll have to pay a fee. And that's applicable for travel in the same country. Also, when I went to Romania by car and we passed through Germany, we had to pay several fees for using their motorway. They have fancy motorways, but it was still expensive, as it cost several euros. So when Kuneva says that there are no such taxes in EU, what does she mean? Taxes for crossing the Danube? I hope Jenny can explain this.
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Post by bb681 on Apr 16, 2008 11:11:44 GMT -5
When you mention the example with the Scandinavian countries, are these bridges there private and/or much better built than the one over the Danube? The reason Im asking(Im not fully familiar with the circumstances around it) is because the Danube bridge was not privately build and, since it has been around for ages(having repaid its cost to build), the main option for price rise is because of higher cost to maintain.
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Post by jerryspringer on Apr 16, 2008 14:59:07 GMT -5
The Øresund bridge is owned by Denmark and Sweden. It is not owned by a private company. I doubt the two countries would want any dependency on its logistical infrastructure.
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Post by bb681 on Apr 16, 2008 16:18:39 GMT -5
The Øresund bridge is owned by Denmark and Sweden. It is not owned by a private company. I doubt the two countries would want any dependency on its logistical infrastructure. well,its just a bridge but must have costed lots of money so governments may sometimes do such kind of leasing with the promise of higher profits. Besides,there must be alternative to it anyway(ferrys?)
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Post by jerryspringer on Apr 16, 2008 16:31:09 GMT -5
Lol...all the ferries went bankrupt as the bridge opened. The few that are left, have different functions other than providing convinient transport to Denmark. I'm not here to argue either case. I just thought it was strange that Kuneva would say such a thing.
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