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Valérie Pécresse buries the idea of ​​a heavy goods vehicle eco-tax in Île-de-France

2021-09-03T16:46:50.621Z


The president of the region explained that she was giving up this measure because it "does not allow taxing only vehicles in transit".


The president of the Île-de-France region Valérie Pécresse confirmed abandoning the idea of ​​an eco-tax for trucks circulating in the region, which was welcomed on Friday by the Organization of European Road Transporters (Otre) in a press release. .

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According to the regional branch of these representatives of the sector, Valérie Pécresse, on the sidelines of the Medef summer universities at the end of August, announced that she had "

definitively renounced the establishment of a regional ecotax in Ile-de-France, this measure not allowing taxing only vehicles in transit

”. Contacted by AFP, the entourage of the president of the region confirmed this arbitration, while in February, she said she was in favor of a "

heavy goods vehicle contribution

", targeting in particular trucks in transit which "

do not bring no added value

”to the region.

But during the between-two-round debate which preceded her re-election at the end of June, Valérie Pécresse had indicated to abandon the idea of ​​a heavy goods vehicle eco-tax "

for heavy goods vehicles in transit, because unfortunately the European Commission forbids it. .

The presidential candidate via a possible primary of the right and the center referred to a decision of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), taken in 2019, challenging the motorway toll project that had planned to put in place Germany.

Promise of "

tariff shield

"

The European judges had ruled in favor of Austria, which had taken the lead of neighboring countries hostile to this sticker which could reach 130 euros per year, qualifying it as "

discriminatory

" against foreign motorists. Definitively adopted in July, the “

climate and resilience

” law provides for the possibility for voluntary regions to institute from 2024 an eco-tax for road transport of goods. In an interview with Le Parisien on Friday, Valérie Pécresse also clarified the implementation of her "

tariff shield

" in public transport in the Ile-de-France region, a campaign promise: after a transitional stage in early 2022, "

the price of 4 euros maximum may apply to all routes

»At the end of 2022, she announced.

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Regarding the work of the CDG Express, Valérie Pécresse said he had written to Prime Minister Jean Castex to postpone its implementation two years of service, from 2025 to 2027 in order to "

ensure satisfactory operation of the RER B

," this "

that today the State is not able to guarantee

”according to her.

The renovation work on the RER B north of Paris is in fact linked to the CDG Express site, a rapid link between the capital and Roissy airport threatened by legal proceedings.

Source: lefigaro

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