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14 May 2012
While we welcome the Commission’s intention to make road charging more fair and transparent for those travelling cross-border, the focus on distance-based charging must not be used as a pretext to introduce new taxes by the back door...
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02 May 2012
The European Commission will warn countries that are considering bringing in motorway tolls that such schemes must not discriminate against foreign drivers.
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18 April 2012
Conservatives in the European Parliament delivered a setback for European Commission plans to erase tax benefits for diesel fuel, saying that a period of austerity and high fuel costs is not the time for such moves.
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12 April 2012
Seven EU Member States have private vehicle vignette systems. The policy objective for such systems is to provide a means to charge foreign vehicles for access to national highway networks, as well as charging national motorists without the introduction of a tolling system.
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28 March 2012
For motorists in many countries the cost of filling up a car has never been so great. As the gasoline price in America has moved towards the $4 a gallon ($1.06 per litre) mark, it has become a entangled in the election campaign.
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10 March 2012
Thanks to its impact on fuel consumption and maintenance costs (brakes, tyres, etc.), as well as its lower exposure to road risk, ecodriving is both a cheaper and safer way of driving for motorists.
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10 September 2011
As announced, the EU Council of Ministers adopted without debate, on 12 September, the new Eurovignette directive that will allow member states to impose new tolls on trucks to charge them for the cost of air pollution and noise caused by traffic (‘external costs’).
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30 June 2011
The European Bureau of the FIA, representing more than 35 million motoring consumers via its 71 member clubs, adopted its position on the European Commission White Paper on Transport on 30 June 2011.
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02 May 2011
Here is the FIA contribution of 2 May 2011 to the European Commission consultation on collective redress.
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13 April 2011
Although the aim of the European Commission’s new energy tax proposal to avoid competitive distortion in the energy sector is to be welcomed, increased taxes on diesel will send the wrong message to consumers on both price and lowering emissions.
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12 April 2011
The new White Paper on Transport is the most ambitious yet with the goal being to keep jobs and growth while using resources more efficiently, said Ms Marjeta Jager, Director for General Policy at the European Commission, at a Forum for the Automobile and Society event today.
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12 April 2011
How do Europe’s motorway filling stations compare? EuroTest experts inspected 77 motorway filling stations along the most important European travel routes.
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28 March 2011
White Paper on Transport focus on ITS welcomed but higher costs threaten consumer trust, says FIA
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11 March 2011
We are witnessing an extraordinary rise in fuel retail prices. Pump prices have reached unprecedented levels despite the fall in the barrel cost of oil...
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09 March 2011
The EC authorised, under EU state aid rules, approximately €2 million EUR of public funding for a pilot program incentivising the purchase of electric cars in Denmark...
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07 March 2011
The UK and Ireland have informed the EU Council of Ministers that they will not apply - at least initially - the future directive allowing member states to identify citizens from another member state who have committed a traffic violation on their territory...
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15 February 2011
On 14 February, the EU Council of Ministers formally adopted a joint position on the revision of the Eurovignette Directive (1999/62/EC)...
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26 January 2011
The Council and the European Parliament are going to start negotiations to reach an agreement at second reading (co-decision) on revising the Eurovignette Directive, which will pave the way towards the implementation of the polluter pays principle on the roads...
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25 January 2011
In line with the strategic objective set out in the Action Plan on Urban mobility in 2009, the Commission released a study on the state of the art of access restriction schemes...
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17 December 2010
27 answers from 16 different countries gave their views on the challenges linked to the development of electric vehicles...
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13 December 2010
Is there a move towards a change in the motor vehicle tax model, whereby cars will be taxed on the basis of mileage, bodywork specifications (weight, size) and usage (type of roads, time of day)?
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03 December 2010
An EU-wide investigation is needed precisely because the fuel market is pan-European and firms do not act at a purely national level...
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04 November 2010
Has the Commission got any comparative data from the Member States on the tax rate applied to oil?
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20 October 2010
The compromise on the Eurovignette directive has elicited disapproval from various actors from the road transport sector.
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30 September 2010
DG Move organized a worshop to present the results of a study on urban access restrictions...
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16 September 2010
European consumers on the Greek market continue to pay extremely high prices to obtain the necessary fuel to meet their transport needs...
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16 July 2010
To advance on the Eurovignette, the Belgian EU Presidency is considering restricting the scope of the text to exclude costs related to traffic jams...
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13 July 2010
A report issued in July analyses the policy options to “Govern and pay for England’s role” and weighs pros and cons of road charging...
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12 July 2010
The European Commission’s latest report on car prices shows that prices for repair and maintenance services as well as spare parts continued to rise well above inflation confirming the need for the stricter competition rules...
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28 June 2010
The European Commission will further study the initiative to realign taxes on fuels so as to internalise costs relating to their CO2 emissions...
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24 June 2010
EU tax commissioner Algirdas Šemeta informed his colleagues on Wednesday June 23 that he wished to revisit previous impact assessment...
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27 May 2010
FIA automobile clubs, welcome Commissioner Almunia’s decision to retain sector specific rules to regulate competition in Europe’s automotive sector.
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10 May 2010
The survey was launched following several FIA complaints to the Commission about the lack of transparency in the formation of fuel prices.
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05 March 2010
Belgian State Secretary for mobility announces that the Eurovignette will come back to centre stage after being left on the sidelines by the Swedish and Spanish EU Presidencies...
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12 February 2010
FIA clubs' experts, meeting in Oslo on November 26-27 adopted a resolution on Fuel markets, competition and motoring taxation.
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18 January 2010
The FIA European Bureau held a follow-up workshop on fuel markets, competition and motoring taxation in Oslo (Norway), on the kind invitation of the Norges Automobil-Forbund (NAF).
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28 October 2009
The FIA European Bureau holds an expert workshop on fuel markets, competition and motoring taxation. The meeting will give Club experts the opportunity to share information and experiences, draw ideas for political initiatives and pan-European action of Clubs and the European Bureau.
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07 October 2009
The European Commission has promised a revision of Europe's so-called CO2 Labelling Directive. Technical Director Wilfried Klanner explains the main issues at hand for car drivers.
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08 July 2009
FIA Eurocouncil Chairman Werner Kraus met European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes ahead of the formal adoption of policy documents determining the future of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation.
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07 July 2009
Sweden, which has just taken over the EU presidency for a six-month stint, is trying to convince its European partners to follow its example and impose a carbon tax.
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29 June 2009
The European Commission answered the written question from Werner Langen (EPP-ED) on restricted sales of Austrian motorway vignettes in German service stations...
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21 April 2009
Slovenia, fuel prices, tyres and road safety, Reinhard Rack MEP, comments on current mobility issues
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17 April 2009
FIA's constant action against discriminatory motorway toll schemes is bearing fruit. But will a solution come before the 2009 summer holidays?
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02 April 2009
The FIA Eurocouncil is of the opinion that the Commission’s approach regarding the internalisation of external costs in the transport sector is not based on a sound scientific analysis.
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24 March 2009
FIA club president Carlos Barbosa gets support from Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso after clubs voicing serious concerns regarding petrol price fixing and economic recovery.
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24 March 2009
The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) joined forces with its automobile clubs to gather citizens’ discontent with the Slovenian road-toll system introduced in July last year.
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23 March 2009
After receiving assurances a few weeks ago from the French government that the aid scheme for the automotive sector would not impose conditions on the location of production, Renault has announced that production of one of its models made in Slovenia (Clio 2) would be moved back to France.
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13 March 2009
The Block Exemption Regulation forces vehicle manufacturers to disclose repair information on all motor vehicles.
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13 March 2009
Following the publication of provisional (temporary) anti-dumping and anti-subsidy ('countervailing') duties on imports of biodiesel from the United States, the EU Spokesperson for Trade Lutz Guellner....
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12 March 2009
Drivers are increasingly frustrated at the governments' who are targeting second-hand car imports to unfairly levy exorbitant registration taxes.
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11 March 2009
Charges on heavy-goods vehicles should be based in part on the air and noise pollution they produce, according to legislation approved by the European Parliament today.
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03 March 2009
The Block Exemption Regulation forces vehicle manufacturers to disclose repair information on all motor vehicles.
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26 February 2009
Public consultation on a proposal for a Framework Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of two- and three wheel motor vehicles and quadricycles.
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25 February 2009
The automotive sector with its 12 million jobs depending on this strategic industry has been hit particularly hard by the current economic crisis...
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05 January 2009
Technological progress has allowed cars to becoming more and more fuel-efficient. But improving car technology is only one side of the coin. The driving habits have also a significant impact on the fuel efficiency of the vehicle. By adapting them slightly, economical as well as environmental benefits can easily be generated.
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05 November 2008
Over the last few years the European Union has – sometimes in parallel, sometimes in contradiction to national policies – developed an independent approach on infrastructure charging.
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29 May 2008
European Commission’s Evaluation of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation must safeguard Consumer Choice and affordable mobility beyond 2010.
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