A future tax on foreign lorries which ‘only cross over France’? 26/10/18
< Back to listSeptember 2018
The French government is thinking about taxing foreign heavy goods vehicles but François de Rugy, the new minister of ecological transition, denies the return of a “green tax”. The “green tax” on heavy goods vehicles was dropped by the previous government in 2014 following several months of demonstrations.
France wants to create a form of a sticker particularly to tax foreign lorries that are only crossing over France. There are some truckers, who do not refuel in France, so they don’t even pay the fuel tax and they don’t pay for wear and tear on the roads. Resources are needed to fund investment in the road and rail networks so that we don’t suffer events such as the accident in Genoa.
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