Pricing & Taxation

News: Swiss tax rise legitimate

An interesting legal judgement has been made in Switzerland over covering the costs of road transport.

May 20, 2010 | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Spanish call for more toll roads

A change may be in the air in Spain, following a call by the president of the National Confederation of Construction Works for the country to introduce more road tolls.

May 20, 2010 | Euro Standards | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: CO2-based car taxes

The number of EU member countries that have a CO2-based form of car taxation has increased to 17, according to figures from the European car makers association Acea.

May 20, 2010 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Tackling transport demand requires conviction, and sometimes a little ruthlessness

Editorial by Chris Bowers, Editor, T&E Bulletin The man who pioneered London’s congestion charge, Ken Livingstone, was the highest-profile speaker at last month’s T&E annual general meeting, which also celebrated T&E’s 20th birthday.

April 19, 2010 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Pricing & Taxation | Public & Urban | T&E Bulletin

News: Sarkozy withdraws carbon tax as France resists trend towards higher fuel taxes

France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy has abandoned his highly publicised tax on carbon emissions. But recent trends among EU finance ministries suggest the French are moving against the tide.

April 19, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Eurovignette to return to EU agenda

New rules on charging lorries for use of Europe’s roads could be agreed by the end of the year, after the Belgian government said it would bring the Eurovignette dossier back onto the agenda when it takes over the EU presidency in the second half of this year.

March 18, 2010 | Lorries & Road Freight | T&E Bulletin | Pricing & Taxation

News: 18/03/2010 - Conference: Start-Stop or Full Throttle - Europe's transport decarbonisation strategy

T&E's 20th anniversary conference.

February 22, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Events | Pricing & Taxation

News: Analysis: Aviation and Shipping Emissions after Copenhagen

The outcome of the Copenhagen summit proved extremely disappointing as regards international aviation and shipping emissions. Although more discussion amongst countries on bunker fuels at the UNFCCC occurred in the past three months than during the last ten years, it proved impossible to bridge the continuing differences.

January 4, 2010 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Pricing & Taxation

News: EU-ETS 'windfall' for aviation

A new report suggests airlines could make large windfall profits from aviation joining the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012, if airlines charge customers for emission allowances they are given free-of-charge.

December 16, 2009 | Air Pollution | Aviation | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin | Climate Change & Energy

News: The road to good charging can often be bumpy

Editorial by Maarten van Biezen and Chris Nobel, The Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment (T&E member organisation) The idea of basing motoring taxation on the distance a vehicle is driven – generally known these days as a 'kilometre charge' – is in principle a good one which environmental groups have advocated for years. But as recent developments in the Netherlands have shown, the road to good charging can often be a bumpy one.

December 16, 2009 | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

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