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May 6, 2008

TAX POLICY * Europe - Regulators will push for extra tolls on trucks

In a bid to reduce air pollution and road congestion

Brussels,Belgium -Today's Toronto Star (Toronto,ONT,CAN) -May 06, 2008: -- The European Commission will propose to let EU nations charge haulage companies for environmental damage... The plan, which would need the support of national governments, risks igniting resistance from countries opposed to EU involvement in tax issues. The commission will seek a common method for calculating environmental tolls and a requirement for the revenue to be spent on cleaner transport, Barrot said... "It will be a little difficult" to win support, Barrot told reporters yesterday in Brussels...

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