| Author (Corporate) | Council of the European Union, European Parliament |
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| Series Title | Official Journal of the European Union |
| Series Details | L 166, Pages 124–143 |
| Publication Date | 30/04/2004 |
| Content Type | Legislation |
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Summary: Directive 2004/52/EC - adopted by the European Union on 29 April 2004 - which lays down the conditions necessary to ensure the interoperability of electronic road toll systems (EETS) in the European Union. Further information: Electronic road toll systems first appeared in Europe in the early 1990s on motorways operated under a concession where the toll served to finance motorway construction and maintenance. The main objective of such systems is to speed up toll collection, thereby increasing the capacity of the motorway. Various national and local systems were introduced, but these were mutually incompatible. This created problems for motorists, who have to affix several tags to the windscreen of their vehicle in order to subscribe to the various systems. The proposal for a Directive was first announced in the White Paper on a European transport policy for 2010 from 2001, following the detection of a need to ensure migration across the European Union towards the interoperability of the various toll systems. It was adopted by the European Commission on 23 April 2003, as part of a package of measures relating to the trans-European networks (TEN-Ts). The Directive sets out the conditions to ensure that different electronic road toll systems in the European Union (EU) are compatible and can work with each other. It applies to the electronic collection of all types of fees on roads, tunnels, bridges and ferries. It was published in the Official Joirmal on 30 April and applies since May 2004. Incorporation into national law would have had to take place by November 2005. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2004/52/oj |
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| Subject Categories | Mobility and Transport |
| Subject Tags | Transport Infrastructure |
| Keywords | CEF Transport | TEN-T, Roads |
| International Organisations | European Union [EU] |
