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.
[1] 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.
[3] The company Ecomouv, a subsidiary of Autostrade, is responsible for the tax collection.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article about road transport in France is a stub.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This tax-related article is a stub.