Key takeaways: - The Advocate General says Austria’s night-time, sectoral and winter Saturday HGV bans breach EU law. - Austria’s truck-dosing system may remain lawful, as Italy failed to prove that it amounts to an unlawful import restriction. - The opinion is not binding and the disputed measures remain in force until the Court delivers its final judgment. - Should the judges follow the opinion, Austria may have to withdraw, narrow or redesign three major restrictions on the Brenner corridor. Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona has recommended that the Court uphold most of Italy’s legal challenge against Austria’s measures on the A12 Inn Valley and A13 Brenner motorways. However, he reached a different conclusion on Austria’s controversial truck-dosing system, proposing that Italy’s complaint against that measure should be rejected. The opinion is not a final judgment and is not binding on the Court. The judges will now consider the case before delivering their ruling at a later date. Italy challenges four Austrian restrictions Italy brought the case, C-524/24, directly against Austria, arguing that four Tyrolean traffic measures restrict the free movement of goods through one of Europe’s most important north–south freight corridors. The A12 connects the German border near Kufstein with Innsbruck, where it joins the A13 towards the Brenner Pass and Italy. The combined route forms part of the trans-European transport network and provides a major road connection between Italy, Germany and northern Europe. Austria acknowledges that some of its measures restrict the movement of goods but argues that they are justified by environmental protection, public health and road-safety concerns. Campos Sánchez-Bordona proposed that the Court should rule against Austria over three measures: - the night-time HGV ban; - the sectoral ban on transporting certain goods by road; - the winter Saturday ban. By contrast, he found insufficient grounds