Article 1

The Commission hereby gives its agreement to exempt until 31 December 2009 from vehicle tax in accordance with Article 6(2)(b) of Directive 1999/62/EC the following vehicles of 12 tonnes or more, which are used exclusively for the carriage of permanently installed equipment for public and industrial works in France:

1. 1..

   Self-propelled lifting and handling gear (cranes mounted on road chassis);

2. 2..

   Mobile pumps or pumping stations permanently mounted on road chassis;

3. 3..

   Mobile motor compressor sets permanently mounted on road chassis;

4. 4..

   Concrete mixers and pumps permanently mounted on road chassis (except drum vehicles for transporting concrete);

5. 5..

   Mobile generating sets permanently mounted on road chassis;

6. 6..

   Mobile drilling machines permanently mounted on road chassis.