[PR] East Link Rebate Scheme for Dublin Port Tunnel Users

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East Link Rebate Scheme

In order to apply for a rebate on tolls paid at the East Link Bridge during the hours of operation of the HGV Management Strategy Scheme, applicants are asked to print out complete and return the attached form www.dublintraffic.com/easy_pass_toll.htm

www.dublintraffic.com/easy_pass_toll.htm

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL
Heavy Goods Vehicle Management Strategy
EastLink EazyPass toll reimbursement registration

Please read the terms and conditions before completing
this form.

Completeted forms sould be addressed to:

HGV Unit,
Block 2, Floor 5,
Civic Offices,
Fishamble St.,
Dublin 8.



Name of Business:

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Address of Business:

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Telephone number:

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Fax number:

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E-mail:

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EazyPass Account Number:

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Tolls can be reimbursed by electronic bank transfer or by cheque.

Please provide bank account information if reimbursed tolls are to be electronically transferred

Bank Name & branch address:

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Name on account:

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Account number:

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Sort code:

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I have read the terms and conditions and authorise the electronic transfer of reimbursed EastLink tolls into my account.

Print name: Sign name:
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OR

If reimbursed tolls are not to be electronically transferred please provide address to which cheques may posted

Postal address for reimbursed tolls:

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I have read the terms and conditions and authorise reimbursed EastLink tolls to be sent in post, by cheque.

Print name: Sign name:
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http://www.dublintraffic.com/terms_and_conditions.htm

Terms and conditions East link Rebate scheme.

So as to facilitate those companies whose HGVs will be affected by the closed city centre HGV ban , the Council has decided to put in place a discretionary rebate system that will operate in respect of tolls, payable using the NTR electronic toll facility (know as Easypass), payable by such HGVs as use the East Link Toll Bridge for the purpose of travelling between the north and south port areas of Dublin Port during the hours when the prohibition on travel within the HGV Cordon is in place.

The fundamental principle governing the application of the discretionary rebate system in respect of East Link Toll Bridge tolls will be the full compliance by the claimant of the prohibition and, in the case of travel within the HGV cordon area between 07h00 hours in the morning and 19h00 in the evening, the full compliance by the haulier of each and every condition specified in the permit given in respect of such travel. Decisions of the Council to disallow, in whole or in part, rebate claims may, at the behest of the claimant, be subject to review by an independent review board (hereinafter “the Board”).

This Agreement shall in all respects (including the formation thereof and performance thereunder) be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland. The Irish courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute, of whatever nature, as may arise as a result or from the operation of this Agreement.

This rebate scheme will remain in operation while the following applies:-

The only route available for vehicles to travel between the North and South port areas without entering the HGV cordon area is the EastLink Toll Bridge.

The HGV cordon is in place and has not been extended to cover either port area.

The current arrangement to operate the bridge between NTR Dublin Port Company and Dublin City Council remains in place. Note this agreement expires end of 2015.


The claimant to qualify for a rebate must have a C2 Tax Clearance Certificate or its equivalent.

The claimant agrees, for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, to authorise NTR to release to the Council information containing details of all northbound and southbound travel by affected vehicles of the claimant across the East Link Toll Bridge. The Council undertakes to respect all of the obligations of a “data controller” under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 in respect of the said information and, in particular, to retain the said records for no more than six months, save in the case of a dispute regarding the content of that information.

A company may apply to the Council's Roads and Traffic Department, Block 2, Floor 5, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8 during the third month following a given two month for a rebate of tolls paid in accordance with the terms hereof.

Claimant must submit a detailed breakdown of all journeys for which rebates are claimed including vehicle registration number, number of axles on the vehicle, date and time of journey

Claimant must submit copies of relevant Easypass or NTR statements electronically or otherwise.

Payment of the reimbursement shall, however, be subject to the affected vehicles of the claimant, or any of them, not having been found, either by a court order or as a result of criminal conviction, to have infringed the prohibition on travel between 07h00 hours and 19h00 hours, or the terms of any permit pursuant to which an affected vehicle(s) has been permitted to travel during those hours within the Canal Cordon, in any of the following periods:

the two-month period before the month in question;

the month in question;

the two-month period after the month in question.

Where such a breach of the prohibition or of the terms of a permit by the claimant, and/or by one or more of the affected vehicles of the claimant is established as specified in 8 above, the Council may, at its absolute discretion, and after having given the claimant an opportunity to make submissions in respect thereof, decide to reimburse some or all of the tolls paid in the month in question. In exercising this discretion in circumstances where a financial penalty has been imposed on the claimant as a result of a criminal conviction arising out of an infringement of the prohibition, the Council in particular undertakes to have regard to the amount of the said sanction when determining at its absolute discretion, what, if any, proportion of the tolls paid in the month in question, should be reimbursed to the claimant.

The claimant may request the Board, within two months of receipt of the notification of a decision to refuse, wholly or in part, a reimbursement, or within two months in the case of a claimant registered in another EU Member State or in an EEA state, to review any decision made by the Council in respect of particular rebate claim. The making of such a request shall not act to suspend the payment of that part of the rebate claimed that has been awarded by the Council. If the Board decides to raise the level of a rebate, the Council agrees that it may, in its absolute discretion, decide to award interest, at the applicable European Central Bank reference rate at the time of its decision, on the amount of the difference between the initial reimbursement agreed by the Council and the amount fixed by the Board.