Pricing & Taxation / Lorries & Road Freight

News: 28/09/2010 - The Pricing of Progress: Intelligent road charging for a cleaner, smarter, more competitive Europe

A major international conference on the future of lorry charging to achieve a cleaner, smarter and more competitive Europe.

August 10, 2010 | Lorries & Road Freight | Events | Pricing & Taxation

News: Charging for unpaid costs of road freight back on EU agenda

Belgium has confirmed it intends to shepherd the revision of the Eurovignette directive through the EU’s legislative process by the end of the year.

July 22, 2010 | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Opinion - This is the moment for a meaningful Eurovignette

By Nina Renshaw T&E Deputy Director There is a moment for everything in life. As a campaigning organisation, we often have to work very hard to create the moment for the things we believe in. The right moment came two years ago for mandatory carbon dioxide emissions standards for cars, and for taking the first tentative steps towards making aviation address its environmental costs. The moment has now arrived for another decisive step towards sustainable transport – the Eurovignette.

June 17, 2010 | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Swiss tax rise legitimate

An interesting legal judgement has been made in Switzerland over covering the costs of road transport.

May 20, 2010 | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Spanish call for more toll roads

A change may be in the air in Spain, following a call by the president of the National Confederation of Construction Works for the country to introduce more road tolls.

May 20, 2010 | Euro Standards | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Eurovignette to return to EU agenda

New rules on charging lorries for use of Europe’s roads could be agreed by the end of the year, after the Belgian government said it would bring the Eurovignette dossier back onto the agenda when it takes over the EU presidency in the second half of this year.

March 18, 2010 | Lorries & Road Freight | T&E Bulletin | Pricing & Taxation

News: The road to good charging can often be bumpy

Editorial by Maarten van Biezen and Chris Nobel, The Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment (T&E member organisation) The idea of basing motoring taxation on the distance a vehicle is driven – generally known these days as a 'kilometre charge' – is in principle a good one which environmental groups have advocated for years. But as recent developments in the Netherlands have shown, the road to good charging can often be a bumpy one.

December 16, 2009 | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Findings could boost Eurovignette revision

A study by the Commission's transport directorate and the Joint Research Centre of Sevilla says the overall benefits of charging vehicles for their external costs outweigh the limited negative price impacts on individual transport operators.

December 16, 2009 | T&E Bulletin | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation

News: An opportunity for low-carbon transport that costs nothing

Editorial by Jos Dings, T&E Director There’s a golden opportunity just waiting to be seized in the field of European transport, but the first indications are that it will be missed.

September 11, 2009 | General Transport | T&E Bulletin | Cars | Fuels | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation

News: Lorry charges can make a big difference

Charging lorries for their external costs could contribute significantly to reducing CO2 emissions from transport, according to a study from the University of Karlsruhe for the Community of European Railways.

September 11, 2009 | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

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