SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport

Deirdre Clune recommends cutting taxes on heavy goods vehicles

Brussels, 09/01/2018 (Agence Europe)

In her draft report on the taxation of heavy goods vehicles, MEP Deirdre Clune (EPP, Ireland) supports the European Commission’s proposal to revise Directive 1999/62/EC, presented on 31 May last when the first “mobility” package was published (see EUROPE 11799).  The proposal aims to allow member states to reduce taxation on heavy goods vehicles in order to be more in line with the principles of “polluter pays” and “user pays”.  

The European Commission’s proposal is only...