The Heavy Goods Vehicles (Charging for the Use of Certain Infrastructure on the Trans-European Road Network) Regulations 2009

• (b) be applied according to the time of day, type of day, or the season,

• (c) not result in a charge more than 175% above the maximum level of the weighted average infrastructure charge,

• (d) not be designed to generate additional revenue from tolls,

• (e) ensure that peak periods during which higher infrastructure charges are applied for the purpose of reducing congestion do not exceed five hours per day, and

• (f) be devised and applied in a transparent and revenue neutral way on a road section affected by congestion by offering reduced toll rates for hauliers who travel during off-peak periods and increased rates for hauliers who travel during peak hours on the same road section.

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• (9) For the purposes of this regulation if a variation or change of the rates of an infrastructure charge results in additional toll revenue, the responsible person must counterbalance this by varying the rates of an infrastructure charge within two years of the end of the accounting year in which the additional revenue is generated.

Variation of the external-cost charge for the purposes of air and traffic based pollution

Obligation to vary rates of tolls according to the emission standards of HGVs

Derogation from obligation to vary rates of tolls

Power to vary rates of tolls for projects of high European interest

Rates of user charges

Levying tolls and user charges in relation to HGVs of 12 tonnes and over

Prohibition of discounts or reductions for external-cost charges

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An appropriate national authority, or an operator who is not an appropriate national authority must not provide for discounts or reductions for HGVs in relation to the external–cost charge element of a toll.

Reductions and exemptions

Discounts and reductions for infrastructure charges

Arrangements for the collection of tolls and user charges

Levying tolls where vehicle documents unavailable

Information requirements involving an external cost-charge tolling arrangement

Report on tolls and tolling arrangements

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Common systems for user charges or tolls