The principles of the 'polluter-pays' and the 'user-pays' applied to transport infrastructure use

摘要

The European Parliament's Resolution on transport infrastructure use charging is a significant stage in the process launched by the European Commission in the 1995 Green Paper Towards fair and efficient pricing in transport - Policy options for internalising the external costs of transport in the European Union. This process will continue over the coming months, notably with a chapter in the White Paper on common transport policy that Commissioner Loyola de Palacio intends to devote to charging for infrastructure access.