24/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The French Senate and National Assembly reached agreement on Thursday 23 July 2009 on the draft programming law on implementation of the “Grenelle de l'environnement” law. This law includes a new kilometre-based “eco-tax” system for heavy goods vehicles that would come into force in 2011 calculated in terms of distance driven and emissions measured by the “EURO” classification. The tax would be levied on heavy goods vehicles on the French mainland's...