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Onder 4.33 Parket bij de Hoge Raad 16 juli 2020

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In February 2007 the congestion charge area was extended to the west, bringing within the zone a number of embassies previously outside it. At that point a survey showed that about half the embassies in London, including those of France, Russia, Belgium, and Saudi Arabia, said that their diplomats were exempt from the charge. The former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has accused the recalcitrant embassies of exploiting diplomatic immunity (which is not the case), has stated that the UK Government has the legal right unilaterally to classify the imposition as a ‘charge for a specific service rendered’ (which is a highly dubious proposition), and has described the US Ambassador in London as a ‘chiselling little crook’ (which led to his being reported to the Standards Board for England). In 2012, a biography of Queen Elizabeth revealed that following the presentation of credentials by the new US Ambassador at Buckingham Palace she said that she understood that his position was that the charge was a tax and when he confirmed that, said ‘Well, it is a tax.’

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