Directive (EU) 2019/520 on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union

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Directive (EU) 2019/520 - adopted by the European Union on 19 March 2019 - which updates rules on electronic road toll systems and includes a legal basis for the sharing of national vehicle registration data among EU Member States.

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Directive 2004/52/EC on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems (also known as the EETS Directive) first set out rules for Member States introducing road-charging systems based on electronic tolling services. Subsequently, Decision 2009/750/EC provided a definition of the European Electronic Tolling Service (EETS) and its technical elements. EETS aims to provide a tolling system for which EU road users can pay with one subscription contract, one service provider and one on-board unit.

In May 2017 the European Commission proposed a recast of the existing legislation in order to make it more effective. It also looked more precisely into the different categories of EETS market players, as defined in Decision 2009/750/EC. The proposal was presented on 31 May 2017 within the context of the Commission’s 'Europe on the Move' package that seeks to modernise mobility and transport.

The European Parliament's plenary session approved a common position and mandate for negotiations in June 2018. The Council of the European Union adopted its general approach on 7 June. An informal agreement between co-legislators on a compromise text was reached on 20 November. This was formally endorsed by the Parliament on 14 February 2019, followed by the Council on 4 March. The Directive was published by the Official Journal on 29 March and measures should be applied by the Member States from 19 October 2021.

Source Link http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/520/oj
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EPRS: Briefing, October 2017: Initial Appraisal of a European Commission Impact Assessment http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2017)610990
EPRS: At a Glance, February 2019: Electronic road toll systems http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA(2019)633166
European Parliament: EPRS Briefing, April 2019: Revision of the European Electronic Tolling Service (EETS) Directive http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2018)625142

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EUR-Lex: COM(2017)280: Proposal for a Directive on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:280:FIN
EUR-Lex: SWD(2017)190: Impact assessment accompanying COM(2017)280 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2017:190:FIN
EUR-Lex: SWD(2017)191: Executive summary of the impact assessment accompanying COM(2017)280 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2017:191:FIN
EUR-Lex: SWD(2017)192: Ex-post evaluation accompanying COM(2017)280 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2017:192:FIN
EUR-Lex: SWD(2017)193: Executive summary of the ex-post evaluation accompanying COM(2017)280 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2017:193:FIN
European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2017/0128(OLP)
European Parliament: Legislative Train: Revision of the European Electronic Tolling Directive 2004/52/EC http://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-resilient-energy-union-with-a-climate-change-policy/file-jd-eets-directive-revision
Council of the European Union: Press Release, 07/06/2018: EU is making it easier to recover unpaid road tolls: Council agrees its stance http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/06/07/eu-is-making-it-easier-to-recover-unpaid-road-tolls-council-agrees-its-stance/
Council of the European Union: Press Release, 28/11/2018: Recovering unpaid road tolls will become easier across Europe – Council approves provisional deal https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/11/28/recovering-unpaid-road-tolls-will-become-easier-across-europe-council-approves-provisional-deal/
Council of the European Union: Press Release, 04/03/2019: Unpaid road tolls soon easier to recover thanks to new electronic road toll rules https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/03/04/unpaid-road-tolls-soon-easier-to-recover-thanks-to-new-electronic-road-toll-rules/

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