Translation of "car-in-transit information system " (English → French) :

62. Welcomes anti-fraud policies at EU level that include a higher degree of cooperation with third countries, such as the Anti-Fraud Transit Information System (to which European Free Trade Association countries have access), Mutual Administrative Assistance (MAA) and related anti-fraud provisions involving third countries, and the Joint Customs Operations that took place in 2011, including Fireblade (with Croatia, Ukraine and Moldova) and Barrel (with Croatia, Turkey, Norway and Switzerland); welcomes the results of these actions and their financial impact;

These countries will have, on the one hand, to face transition costs to adapt and administer their car tax system particularly during the first years of the transitional period, but on the other hand they will benefit from lower administrative costs for managing the car tax system after the end of the transitional period.

Finally, sufficient time is given to those Member States applying high RT in order to fulfil the structural changes to their car tax systems and cover the transition costs, taking into account the specific conditions of their car market.

Option 3: This approach aims at adopting a comprehensive EU passenger car taxation policy including the total abolition of RT over a ten year transitional period, the restructuring of both RT and ACT tax bases to include a CO2 based element, and the establishment of a RT refund system.

The planned development of the anti-fraud transit information system will strengthen the capacity to analyse and counter risks in transit fraud, first with regard to sensitive goods and later for all kinds of goods in transit.

Gradually abolishing RT over a transitional period of five to ten years will give those EU countries which are currently applying high RTs sufficient time to restructure their tax system and will also give holders of used cars protection against any immediate loss of their commercial value.