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Hungarian Penalty Charge Notice epc plc
Hi all recently went on a round trip to Europe and passed through Hungary. Today got a penalty charge notice ; £35 and £44 administration costs. I have 60 days to pay. I have seen an old thread on here but not sure how that ended up so need some advise.
I never saw any toll charges, but equally I'm liable as I did make the trip. Can Hungary officials legally pursue this debt in the UK?.
Also of concern is that they have the right car registration number and adress but they misspelt my name. Where do I stand legally as they have effectively charged me based on the wrong name. So for instance instead of calling me say Tony they have called me Tany. Would this be a basis to query the validaity of the charge as the name isn't correct?
I never saw any toll charges, but equally I'm liable as I did make the trip. Can Hungary officials legally pursue this debt in the UK?.
Also of concern is that they have the right car registration number and adress but they misspelt my name. Where do I stand legally as they have effectively charged me based on the wrong name. So for instance instead of calling me say Tony they have called me Tany. Would this be a basis to query the validaity of the charge as the name isn't correct?
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Whether you have to pay this - that I don't know.
But how did you get this PCN? In the post? By email?? Every time I travel I suddenly get lots of scam emails from the countries I've visited which I always delete and block.
2023 £1 a day £54.26/365
I'm in almost exactly same situation, I have purchased wrong vignette type so the ask is to pay the difference, fair enough and some hefty admin fees. I was about to pay the penalty but another letter have just arrived with a PCN for an offence that took day after the first one - vignette purchased was for 10 days. I can't see any reason rather then a badly design system to ask this twice.
I have called EPC without providing any reference numbers at that point and I've been told to send an email to their customer service with all the details. Guy on the phone said this will most likely will be "maximised". As English is not my first language I have not idea what he meant by this.
They can certainly pursue a civil claim through the UK courts, but whether they would do so is not a question anyone can answer-even supposing it was genuine.
Were you still in the country at the date of the second charge, did you break whatever the rule was?
they got back to me with the below
The Hungarian public road network (motorways, highways, national roads) can only be used