116As regards the question whether the legislation at issue in the main proceedings constitutes a new restriction, it is for the national courts, which alone have jurisdiction to interpret national law, to determine whether that legislation has a new aspect in that it results in a worse position for Turkish lorry drivers than their position under the rules applicable to them in Germany on the date of the entry into force of the Additional Protocol for that Member State, that is to say, 1 January 1973.
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