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Spain’s Appeal to Brussels on AP-9 Ruling Signals Lengthy Legal Fight

Regional leaders say the concession should be rescued now to lift tolls.

Cabinas de peaje en la AP-9
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La conselleira de Vivienda y Planificación de Infraestructuras

Overview

  • The Transport Ministry filed a detailed challenge to the European Commission’s motivated opinion that the 2000 AP-9 extension was unlawful.
  • The Commission has given Spain two months to set out corrective measures, and a referral to the EU court remains possible if no remedy is provided.
  • The Xunta warned it will pursue judicial action if Madrid does not share the European case file and is seeking a common front with Asturias and Castilla y León.
  • The BNG pressed for an immediate buyout in a letter to Minister Óscar Puente and presented a University of A Coruña study valuing the rescue at about €905 million.
  • The Galician government submitted its own report estimating a €2.356 billion cost, as officials caution the dispute could stretch for years based on a comparable Italian case.