The taxe poids lourds (TPL) is a tax that was scheduled to be applied to all heavy goods vehicle circulating on some state-financed and locally financed roads in France starting from 1 October 2013. Those roads represent around 15000 kilometers.
The income on state-financed roads should be affected to the agence de financement des infrastructures de transport de France, which would use it partly to fund some loss-making railway lines in France. The income on locally financed roads should go to the local administration that maintains them.
The tax is set up by a law voted on 24 April 2013 by the National Assembly, after several round trips between the Assembly and the Senate.
The company Ecomouv, a subsidiary of Autostrade, is responsible for the tax collection.
References
- ^ "Ecotaxe poids lourds : à l'automne, les camions vont payer". 6 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ^ "taxe poids lourd". French customs. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- "Loi Transport : l'éco-taxe poids lourds définitivement adoptée". 25 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
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