toll damages – lorry toll compensation

German lorry toll - too much toll paid

If your lorries drove on German roads between 2005 and today, you have probably paid too much. This is what the European Court of Justice decided in its judgement of 28/10/2020. Specifically, you were overcharged for the costs of traffic police on federal highways. The Federal Republic of Germany has been charging you for these costs on a pro rata basis for years - wrongly, as the ECJ has now ruled. For the charging of these costs is contrary to European law. As a lorry driver, you can now invoke this decision directly. Register with us now without obligation in order to claim damages.

Too many costs paid - your repayment claims

Who is entitled to repayment?
Every lorry which drove on German roads between 2005 and now has been affected in terms of too much toll paid. According to the ECJ, the toll calculation method relating to the cost of the traffic police is not legal. You can now claim repayment of these costs for these vehicles.

Register with us now in order to enforce your claims. Click here for non-binding, free registration.

FAQ

The percentage of the costs for traffic police which were calculated incorrectly, pursuant to the ECJ ruling dated 10/28/2020, amounts to an estimated 4% of the toll paid. We are currently examining whether additional costs can also be claimed due to the error in the calculation. At this juncture, we would like to point out that the actual payout of the incorrectly calculated costs will probably require some time yet.

Our services will initially include the review, examination and processing of your claims based on the information you provide us with.

This service is initially free of charge and without any obligation for you, which means that you can also decide at any time to entrust the matter to a lawyer at your own expense.

If we conclude that a claim is enforceable based on the information we have been provided with, we will make you an offer for the enforcement.

As part of this offer, our primary goal is to first achieve the urgently required suspension of the statute of limitations and to assert your claims out of court with the relevant authority. If this procedure does not lead to the desired reimbursement, we shall, based on the statement from the relevant authority, discuss further steps with you, in particular judicial enforcement. Once the statute of limitations has been suspended, there is no longer any rush, such that we can coordinate everything else in good time.

At the same time, we will also clarify with you the claims you are entitled to based on the ECJ ruling for 2018, 2019 and 2020.

To successfully enforce your claims, we first need all billing documents as well as documentary proof of any refunds from the year 2017. Documentary proof for single trips is not required. For each registered company, we once again require a current excerpt from the commercial register, as well as copies of the identity cards of the authorized representatives. We will inform you promptly about the provision of documents from subsequent years.

We offer you the enforcement of claims without a cost risk, at an attractive commission for success. As usual, we charge only an attractive, staggered commission for success, which you only have to pay if we are able to obtain a refund for you. For members of a logistics association (membership at the time of registration) we offer a reduced commission for success. Otherwise, our commission is based on whether are able to enforce your claim out of court, or only in court (and in this case whether in a model declaratory action / class action or individual litigation).

Type of claims enforcement	Commission for success for non-association members	Commission for success for association members (e.g. BGL)
Out-of-court settlement	9,5%	7,5%
Model declaratory action	22,0%	19,9%
Individual litigation	32,5%	29,9%

Press

"Kosten für Verkehrspolizei dürfen nicht in Lkw-Maut einfließen"

"Der Europäische Gerichtshof kippt Berechnungen der Lkw-Maut"

"Lkw-Maut seit Jahren falsch berechnet"

About us

financialright has many years of experience in the enforcement of claims for damages. For example, we have filed two lawsuits against the so-called truck cartel and are thereby helping over 8,500 customers from more than 20 different EU countries to enforce their rights. The pending lawsuits involve around 180,000 lorries with claims for damages in the amount of EUR 1.6 billion (including interest). For more information, please go to www.truck-damages.com.

Do you have any questions?

Tel: +49 40 607 790 580

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Registration

Dear Sir or madam, Please be aware that a registration of your claims 2018/2019/2020 is not possible anymore. If you want to enforce your claims, please send a letter of claim on your own to the BAG. In case of any questions, please send an e-mail to service@toll-damages.com or give us a call +49 40 607 790 580.