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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9800

10 December 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Some member states want private cars in Eurovignette

Brussels, 09/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 9 December, EU Transport Ministers noted the progress report on the draft revised Eurovignette directive (a proposal amending the directive on road charging for taxing heavy goods vehicles), which proposes varying toll charges depending on the external costs resulting from road transport. Despite broad agreement among delegations on the principle of the directive (the polluter pays) and various technical details, a large number of questions...

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