taxe poids lourds

The taxe poids lourds (TPL) is a tax that was scheduled to be applied to all heavy goods vehicle circulating on some state-financed and locally financed roads in France starting from 1 October 2013. Those roads represent around 15000 kilometers.{{cite web | url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2013/05/06/a-l-automne-les-camions-vont-payer-1045440-1391.php | title=Ecotaxe poids lourds : à l'automne, les camions vont payer | date=6 May 2013 | accessdate=2013-05-06}}

The income on state-financed roads should be affected to the agence de financement des infrastructures de transport de France, which would use it partly to fund some loss-making railway lines in France.{{cite web | url=http://www.douane.gouv.fr/page.asp?id=4251 | title=taxe poids lourd | publisher=French customs | accessdate=March 8, 2013}} The income on locally financed roads should go to the local administration that maintains them.

The tax is set up by a law voted on 24 April 2013 by the National Assembly, after several round trips between the Assembly and the Senate.{{cite web | url=http://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news/loi-transport-eco-taxe-poids-lourds-adoptee-18394.php4 | title=Loi Transport : l'éco-taxe poids lourds définitivement adoptée | date=25 April 2013 | accessdate=2013-05-06}}

The company Ecomouv, a subsidiary of Autostrade, is responsible for the tax collection.