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EETS-enabled toll service for Ireland

Ireland’s National Roads Authority (NRA) has awarded French tolling technology supplier Sanef its the contract to integrate and operate the Information Exchange Agent (IE interoperability hub in Ireland for the next five years, with an option for additional years. Sanef its will deploy its FastToll Interop solution, enabling customers to use any road and any Irish toll system with a single tag and a single invoice, making the NRA the first authority in Europe to provide a European Electronic Toll Service (E
June 12, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Ireland’s National Roads Authority (NRA) has awarded French tolling technology supplier 480 Sanef its the contract to integrate and operate the Information Exchange Agent (IE interoperability hub in Ireland for the next five years, with an option for additional years.

Sanef its will deploy its FastToll Interop solution, enabling customers to use any road and any Irish toll system with a single tag and a single invoice, making the NRA the first authority in Europe to provide a European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) enabled interoperability hub, in accordance with EETS 2004/52/EC directive on full toll tag interoperability throughout Europe.

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