Press Release: Sustainable transport – Towards fair and efficient infrastructure charging

The Council of Ministers on 27 March 2006 approved the European Parliament’s amendments on the Eurovignette Directive and thus finalised the new European road charging regime. The new Directive was to enter into force following its publication in the Official Journal. This legislation was to encourage Member States to introduce and develop tolls and charges which would make it possible to improve the management of commercial freight traffic, reduce pollution and generate funds for investment in new transport infrastructure.

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European Commission: DG Energy and Transport: Transport: Transport infrastructure charging policy http://ec.europa.eu/comm/transport/infr-charging/charging_en.html

European Commission: PreLex: COM(2003) 448, Proposal for a Directive ... on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures charging of heavy goods vehicles and infrastructures fees (Eurovignette), 23.7.03 http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&DocType=COM&DocYear=2003&DocNum=0448

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