This Commission Staff Working Document has been
prepared in accordance with Article 11(4) of Directive 1999/62/EC.
It provides a summary of the measures that internalise or reduce
transport externalities related to environment, noise and
health.
The report:
- introduces the principal findings of a study that was
carried out by external consultants to collect information on
existing policies for the pricing of externalities in transport.
The focus is on pricing measures rather than on regulation, in line
with the economic concept of ‘internalisation’ of
externalities;
- summarises, following the request of the Eurovignette
Directive, the regulatory measures that aim at reducing transport
externalities. It does so by complementing with the latest
developments the information contained in the “Greening
Transport Inventory” accompanying the Communication on Greening
Transport, which summarised the different kinds
of measures taken to reduce the negative impact of transport until
31 March 2008;
refers to some other non-regulatory measures that also
contribute to the abatement of negative externalities and provides
updated information on the implementation of the Commission’s
internalisation strategy.