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Police in Northern Netherlands Refrain From Issuing Fines to Farmers on the A31

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The farmers who drove a tractor on the A31 motorway in northern Friesland on Monday evening, August 10, will not receive a fine after all. Earlier, the police said they would issue fines to them and also determine the owners of the tractors whose license plates had been covered. However, following a police investigation, it appears that there is no "basis" to issue fines retrospectively, a spokesperson for the North Netherlands police stated.

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Drivers who drove their tractors on the A31 in Friesland last Monday will not receive a fine after all. Earlier, the police had indicated they intended to fine the farmers involved retroactively. The farmers drove onto the highway in a convoy following a nitrogen protest in the Frisian village of Sexbierum. The license plates of some of the tractors had been covered. The police did not issue any fines that evening because, according to a spokes…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The farmers who drove a tractor on the A31 motorway in northern Friesland on Monday evening, August 10, will not receive a fine after all. Earlier, the police said they would issue fines to them and also determine the owners of the tractors whose license plates had been covered. However, following a police investigation, it appears that there is no "basis" to issue fines retrospectively, a spokesperson for the North Netherlands police stated.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The farmers who drove a tractor on the A31 motorway in northern Friesland on Monday evening, August 10, will not receive a fine after all. Earlier, the police said they would issue fines to them and also determine the owners of the tractors whose license plates had been covered.

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The farmers who drove a tractor on the A31 motorway in northern Friesland on Monday evening, August 10, will not receive a fine after all. Earlier, the police said they would issue fines to them and also determine the owners of the tractors whose license plates had been covered. However, following an investigation by the police, it appears that there is no ‘basis’ to issue fines retrospectively, a spokesperson for the North Netherlands police st…

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ed.nl broke the news on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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