29/10/2018 (Agence Europe) – The European Road Haulers Association (UETR) welcomed, in a press release dated Friday 26 October, the vote of Thursday 25 October by MEPs meeting in the plenary session in Strasbourg on road infrastructure charges (see EUROPE 12125). The organisation is particularly satisfied that the Parliament has expressed its wish to include light vehicles in the scope of the future revised directive. "The UETR has always supported a full and non-discriminatory polluter-pays principle ensuring equity and efficiency", said Marco Digioia, UETR Secretary General. However, the organisation disagreed with the parliamentarians' recommendations concerning charges for external costs relating to pollution, arguing that carriers already bear many costs in this area. (LT)