# Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999 on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Directive applies to vehicle taxes, tolls and user charges imposed on vehicles as defined in Article 2.
This Directive shall not affect vehicles carrying out transport operations exclusively in the non-European territories of the Member States.
It shall also not affect vehicles registered in the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, the Azores or Madeira and carrying out transport operations exclusively in those territories or between those territories and, respectively, mainland Spain and mainland Portugal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/62/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-62/article-1
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