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En 2017, dans le cadre d’un train de mesures sur la mobilité visant à rendre le transport routier plus durable, la Commission européenne a proposé de réviser la directive Eurovignette et d’adapter les règles relatives aux redevances applicables aux poids lourds. Le vote en plénière au Parlement sur l’accord issu du trilogue est prévu en février.

Road charges are fees for the use of a particular road network or section of road. Since the 1990s, the focus of European transport policy has shifted from the application of road pricing purely as a means to generate revenue towards the use of charges as an instrument against pollution and congestion. Charging for road infrastructure is an option to implement basic principles of EU policy such as the 'user-pays principle' or the 'polluter-pays principle'. It can serve different functions such as ...