Overview

• The Transport Ministry confirmed the new €27 million compensation, which appears in the Finance Ministry’s submission for the Bundestag budget committee’s clearing meeting on Thursday.
• The payment stems from an arbitration over the terminated contract for the automatic control of the infrastructure charge and closes that proceeding.
• The government plans to offset the expense by raising the globale Minderausgabe, with the precise implementation to be determined during year-end accounting.
• Total payouts now reach roughly €270 million after a €243 million settlement in 2023 with Autoticket, following initial operator claims of about €560 million.
• Kapsch said its subsidiary MTS will receive around €27 million, while criminal charges over alleged false testimony against Andreas Scheuer and Gerhard Schulz await a Berlin court’s decision on admission.