Report

CO₂ differentiated truck tolls – what the EU should do

October 16, 2015

T&E commissioned CE Delft to undertake a study to assess the usefulness, as well as the possible implementation and design issues, of CO₂ differentiated kilometre charging. The report’s key findings are included in the briefing.

The objective of this scoping study is to assess the desirability and feasibility of CO₂-differentiation in HDV road charging schemes, as well as on the options to actually design such a differentiation.

More specifically, this study has the following objectives:

to discuss whether CO₂-differentiated road charges effectively contribute to CO₂ reduction of HGVs;
to explore whether such schemes should be harmonised at the EU-level;
to identify the main issues that may hamper the implementation of such schemes and discuss potential options to address these issues;
to identify key design issues and discuss options to operationalise them.

In this study we focus on distance-based charging schemes (such as the German Maut). Time-based charging schemes (e.g. vignettes) are not considered, although they are covered by the current Eurovignette Directive.

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