Translation of "Projet d'administration de la taxe sur le carburant " (French → English) :

· Evaluate existing car road charging schemes and their compatibility with the EU Treaties. Develop guidelines for the application of internalisation charges to road vehicles, covering the social costs of congestion, CO2 – if not included in fuel tax – local pollution, noise and accidents. Provide incentives to Member States who launch pilot projects for the implementation of schemes along such guidelines.

The draft Directive does not address issues of administrative cooperation which are covered in existing instruments relating to the assessment and recovery of taxes, in particular Directive 2011/16/EU of the Council of 15 February on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Directive 77/799/EEC[16] (applicable as of 1 January 2013), Directive 2010/24/EU of the Council of 16 March 2010 concerning mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures[17] (applicable as of 1 Ja ...[+++]nuary 2012).

The leader of the Liberal Party took that as a sign that he should now go out and propose to raise taxes on fuel even higher and drive up fuel costs.

The GVTA endorses recommendations also made by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, urging the federal government to: establish a new program of investments in multimodal integrated transportation systems, including urban transit, in collaboration with provincial, territorial, and municipal governments, with up to $1 billion in federal funds per year within five years; consider funding its contribution to such systems by allocating a portion of the fuel tax and encouraging provincial and territorial governments not yet doing so to match the federal contribution; supporting municipal governments' investments in comprehensive trans ...[+++]portation management plans, including assessments of financial options, low-cost solutions, user fees, and vehicle and parking restrictions; and committing to eliminating excise taxes and the GST on fuels used in municipal transit systems and on transportation and initiatives aimed at increasing the use of public transit, such as making employer-provided transit passes a non-taxable benefit.

44. Considers that switching freight transport from roads to short sea shipping and inland waterways can play an important part in the EU strategy for meeting climate protection obligations under the Kyoto Protocol; points out that, in the maritime transport sector, further improvements in emissions are technically entirely feasible, and are, in fact, essential with regard to reducing sulphur dioxide emissions; notes that in some port towns and cities acceptable levels of sulphur dioxide emanating from vessels lying at anchor have already been exceeded; considers that an initial step would be to give vessels incentives to use low sulp ...[+++]hur fuels by grading port charges; calls on the Commission to put forward as soon as possible a relevant proposal with a view to implementing the internalisation of external costs in the maritime transport sector and, in this connection, also to support other innovative port projects for reducing emissions;

4. Stresses the need to ensure that sufficient funding is made available for the information exchange systems and the extension of the training of staff in the competent European Public administrations of the EU Member States in the field of taxation and customs, in particular for the recently proposed system on the computerisation of excise movements; underlines that it is must also be ensured that the Commission is given sufficient staffing to run this ...[+++]and other projects properly; stresses also the need to earmark sufficient funding for the Fiscalis 2007 programme to enable applicant countries to participate fully in the programme;