Translation of "user-charge " (English → French) :

The government believes it is fair and reasonable in the case of air travel that a user charge or the equivalent of a user charge be borne by those who are the principal beneficiaries and users of the system.

IV. TOLLS AND USER CHARGES a) Member States may maintain or introduce tolls and/or user charges subject to the following conditions without prejudice to any regulatory charges specifically designed to combat time and place- related traffic congestion : - they may not both be imposed at the same time on a vehicle for the use of a single road section; - they may not discriminate, directly or indirectly, on the grounds of the nationality of the haulier or of origin or destination of traffic; - they do not lead to the introduction or maintenance of mandatory checks or controls at frontiers; - with the exceptions proposed in Article 4.2 o ...[+++]f the Commission proposal, they may apply only to motorways or other multi-lane roads with characteristics similar to motorways and, subject to a Community procedure, also other motor traffic roads and other sections of the primary road network where there are in particular safety reasons for doing so ; in a Member State where no general network of motorways or dual carriageways with similar characteristics exists, tolls or charges may apply to the highest category of road in that State; - a Member State may provide that vehicles registered in that State shall pay a user charge for the use of the whole road network in its territory.

The Commission forwarded the new proposal to the Council in July 1996; its content departs significantly from the annulled Directive, in particular inasmuch as it puts forward a new, more differentiated system of taxes, user charges and tolls, and a system for charging external costs which is based on the principles set forth in the Commission's Green Paper on pricing in transport ("realistic pricing"). The following questions were discussed in particular: - The advisability of going further than Directive 93/89/EEC and including some or all of the new points in the Commission's new proposal; - The advisability of beginning the introduction, as proposed by the Commission, of = a system of modulated vehicle taxes and a compulsory system of ...[+++] user charges, = an external cost element in the calculation of tolls and user charges, and = the definition of criteria concerning an additional levy for sensitive routes; - With a view to the harmonization of transport charges and to promote the internal market, the advisability of = introducing a maximum level of vehicle tax, = authorizing Member States which have introduced tolls or user charges to set taxes below the minimum rates.

Tolls may include a charge for external costs of up to 0.03 ecu per km. User Set a maximum Specifies maximum user Charges level for annual charge levels for 3 user charges and vehicle damage required shorter categories and 3 period charges to emission levels. be made Requires shorter period available. charges to be made available and specifies the ratio of charges for different time periods.

‘4a. Member States may provide for reduced toll rates or user charges or exemptions from the obligation to pay tolls or user charges for vehicles exempted from the requirement to install and use recording equipment under Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport (11), and in the cases covered by, and subject to the conditions contained in, Article 6(2)(a) and (b) of this Directive.

This shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States, in compliance with the Treaty, to apply tolls and/or user charges on roads not included in the trans-European road network, inter alia on parallel roads to which traffic may be diverted from the trans-European road network and/or which are in direct competition with certain parts of that network, or to other types of motor vehicle not covered by the definition of “vehicle” on the trans-European road network, provided that the imposition of tolls and/or user charges on such roads does not discriminate against international traffic and does not result in distortions of competition between operators.