Today the European Commission adopted interpretative guidelines concerning Articles 6 and 7 of the European Electronic Tolling Service (EETS) Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/520). These guidelines clarify the rules for determining a fair remuneration for the provision of electronic tolling services in the EU. The new guidelines will support Member States authorities, toll chargers, EETS providers and conciliation bodies when determining the methodology, rules and level of remuneration for the provision of electronic tolling services.
Background
Interoperable electronic tolling systems provided through EETS contribute to reliable, user-friendly and cost-efficient tolling systems in the EU. The widespread deployment of such interoperable electronic road toll systems reduces the costs and burdens for users resulting from the existence of different tolling systems across the EU. Directive (EU) 2019/520 ensures EETS providers receive fair payment for their tolling services.
Today’s guidelines stress that EETS domain statements should provide for a stable and transparent framework and contain the methodology for establishing the level of remuneration of the EETS providers by the toll chargers. The absence of such a framework has created uncertainty as well as time and resource consuming disputes at national level. (....)