Germany Includes New Environmental Incentives in Highway-Use Fee

摘要

German lawmakers passed a long-contested legislative package to establish fees for motorists using the country's highways, including incentives to promote the use of electric and low-emission cars. The environmental sweetener is meant to get the European Union's agreement for the new pay-as-you-go system, which was long believed to violate EU law. The measures passed March 31 by the upper house of Parliament, the Bundesrat, will set long and short-term "tolls" for foreign drivers while creating an across-the-board annual fee or German drivers.