05/02/2020 (Agence Europe) – The Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union sent a document to the national delegations, on Tuesday 4 February, proposing that they resume discussions on Monday, 10 February, on the revision of the Directive on charges for the use of road infrastructure (1999/62/EC), known as the Eurovignette Directive. Discussions in the EU Council on this dossier have been at a standstill since the ‘Transport’ EU Council of 2 December last year, during which the Member States failed to reach a political agreement (“general approach”) (see EUROPE 12382/9). Several countries have serious reservations about the European Commission's initial proposal. In order to be more in line with the “polluter pays” principle, the Commission intends to phase out time-based road charges (“vignette” type) in favour of a distance-based toll system (see EUROPE 11799/6). For its part, the European Parliament adopted its position at first reading on 25 October 2018 (see EUROPE 12125/2). (DG)