For the first time, the CNR presents a European overview of levies (taxes and charges) specific to heavy goods vehicles: vignettes and tolls, axle tax and excise duties applied to diesel fuel. These measures, which vary greatly, do not have the same impact on the cost of using infrastructure and affect the competitive relationship between States and between transport operators.

In fact, tolls vary greatly, ranging from €0.063/km on Polish motorways to €0.428/km in Slovenia. As for axle tax, it ranges from the European minimum of €515/vehicle/year to more than €2,000/vehicle/year in the United Kingdom. Furthermore, in Slovenia, there is no axle tax, but heavy goods vehicles are required to use motorways when they are available on their route. Finally, excise duties on diesel fuel are no exception. Member States' strategies in this area vary widely. Austria, for example, has decided to increase excise duties on diesel in 2022, in the midst of an energy crisis, while others, such as Poland, Bulgaria and Croatia, have set their excise duties on diesel at the European minimum or even lower.

The CNR invites you to discover this study, which includes an inventory of the main systems in place in each country as well as simulations carried out on the toll road networks of certain European countries.