# 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 8

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

1. Two or more Member States may cooperate in introducing a common system for user charges applicable to their territories as a whole. In that case, those Member States shall ensure that the Commission is closely involved therein and in the system's subsequent operation and possible amendment.
2. A common system shall be subject to the following conditions in addition to those in Article 7:
(a) the common user-charge rates shall be set by the participating Member States at levels that are not higher than the maximum rates referred to in Article 7(7);
(b) payment of the common user charge shall give access to the network as defined by the participating Member States in accordance with Article 7(1);
(c) other Member States may join the common system;
(d) a scale shall be worked out by the participating Member States whereby each of them shall receive a fair share of the revenues accruing from the user charge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/62/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-62/article-8
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