# 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 9

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

1. This Directive shall not prevent the non-discriminatory application by Member States of:
(a) specific taxes or charges:
levied upon registration of the vehicle, or
imposed on vehicles or loads of abnormal weights or dimensions;
(b) parking fees and specific urban traffic charges.
1a. This Directive shall not prevent the non-discriminatory application by Member States of regulatory charges specifically designed to reduce traffic congestion or combat environmental impacts, including poor air quality, on any roads located in an urban area, including trans-European network roads crossing urban areas.
2. Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated by this Directive. To enable the transport network to be developed as a whole, revenues generated from infrastructure and external costs charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, should be used to benefit the transport sector, and optimise the entire transport system. In particular, revenues generated from external cost charges, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, should be used to make transport more sustainable, including one or more of the following:
(a) facilitating efficient pricing;
(b) reducing road transport pollution at source;
(c) mitigating the effects of road transport pollution at source;
(d) improving the CO 2 and energy performance of vehicles;
(e) developing alternative infrastructure for transport users and/or expanding current capacity;
(f) supporting the trans-European transport network;
(g) optimising logistics;
(h) improving road safety; and
(i) providing secure parking places.
This paragraph shall be deemed to be applied by Member States, if they have in place and implement fiscal and financial support policies which leverage financial support to the trans-European network and which have an equivalent value of at least 15 % of the revenues generated from infrastructure and external cost charges in each Member State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/62/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-62/article-9
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