Road transport: charging of heavy goods vehicles and infrastructures fees

The Council had an exhaustive debate on the proposal for a Directive on the charging of heavy good vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures. Delegations expressed differing views on some key aspects of the Presidency compromise proposal.

The Presidency concluded that, it being impossible to reach agreement on the revision of the existing "Eurovignette" Directive at this stage, the file should be referred back to Coreper for further examination.