EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREPARES FOR EUROVIGNETTE PROPOSAL
September 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing to launch a public consultation on a suggested calculation formula for road charging within the European Union (EU) taking transport impact costs into account. The complex factors involved in pricing tolls were effectively ducked when the latest 2006 road charging 'Eurovignette' directive was passed in 2006, and the legislation told the Commission to draft a formula by June 2008. As a result, Brussels appointed an expert inquiry led by Dutch consultancy CE Delft to assess various calculation methods. These ...
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