In accordance with the agreement between the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as well as the ministers Goran Vesić and Christos Staikouras, the first meeting of representatives of line ministries and companies for toll collection, on the introduction of an integrated system of toll collection in Serbia and Greece, was held in Athens on February 22, 2024.
The Serbian delegation consisted of the Assistant Minister for Road Transport Miroslav Alempić and adviser in the Department for Roads of the Ministry Marko Cupara, the assistant director of the Department for Toll Collection in PE "Roads of Serbia" Darko Savić and the Consul of Serbia in Athens Dejan Mačković. The Greek delegation included Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Nikolaos Tahiaos, General Secretary for Infrastructure Konstantinos Magoulas, Director of the General Secretary's Office Evagelos Blunas, Director of the Independent Toll Collection Service Atina Lazakitu and General Director of "Egnatia Odos SA" Konstantinos Koutsoukos.
The Serbian delegation presented to its Greek colleagues the proposal of a platform for integrated toll collection, all the details and the way it functions, conveying positive experiences with the same system that has been successfully operating with North Macedonia for eight months.
The goal is to establish an integrated toll collection system between Serbia and Greece by the beginning of the summer tourist season, so that drivers can use one TAG to pass through the two countries.
Greece expressed its desire to work with Serbia on the expansion of this system to other European countries as well.
Due to the short deadlines, it was agreed to start immediately with the definition of procedures and the formation of expert teams that will deal with the technical, administrative and legal aspects of the implementation of this system.