Text file: 6895.txt
author: Izbrisan Uporabnik 12672
downvotes: 4
end consideration date: 2015-09-02
id: '6895'
number comments: 11
number views: 1606
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure\nThe Ministry of Infrastructure\
  \ would like to thank the following for their initiative, which is useful but unfortunately\
  \ not practicable in practice for the following reasons.\nAs a member of the European\
  \ Union, the Republic of Slovenia is very limited in its ability to adopt individual\
  \ national measures, which in the proposed case would be the introduction of an\
  \ ecological charge on all transit traffic through Slovenia. We would point out\
  \ that before Slovenia's accession to the European Union, a so-called \"road tax\"\
  \ was already in place, but was withdrawn after accession to the European Union.\
  \ One of the most important principles of the European Union is the free movement\
  \ of goods and services. The principle of non-discrimination must also be respected,\
  \ as Slovenia may not impose additional measures that would apply only to other\
  \ countries. In the case you cite, the eco-tax measure would apply mainly to foreign\
  \ transport companies transiting through Slovenia. This would introduce a measure\
  \ that would interfere with the principle of the free movement of goods and services\
  \ and could also lead to Slovenia being sued by the European Union, for which our\
  \ country could ultimately be held financially liable.\n "
response date: 2015-09-25
response due date: null
sent date: 2015-08-04
title: Ecological fee
upvotes: 26
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/6895
