However, Contracting Parties may also impose tolls on networks where user charges are levied, for the use of bridges, tunnels and mountain passes.

The transport covered by the terms of this Agreement is subject to the road user charges, tolls and other duties levied for the use of the road network or bridges in the host country.

The transport covered by the terms of this Agreement is subject in the host country to the road user charges (expressed as ton kilometers) and tolls levied for the use of the road network or bridges.

The transport covered by the provisions of this Agreement is subject in the host country to road user charges, tolls and other duties levied for the use of the road network, bridges, tunnels etc. in the host country.

1) The Contracting Parties agree that vehicles registered in either Contracting Party are mutually exempted from all taxes and other duties, for the use of their respective road networks, as well as any other possible charges.

tolls and user charges may also be imposed on users of other sections of the primary road network, particularly

An example would be the imposition of access charges to leased circuits when they are connected to the public switched network or other special prices and charges for service provision to third parties.

However, Member States may also impose tolls on networks where user charges are levied for the use of bridges, tunnels, and mountain passes.

payment of the common user charge shall give access to the network as defined by the participating Member States in accordance with Article 7(2);

Apart from these possible additional costs which should be covered by an extra charge, the interconnection of a leased circuit to the public switched network is already remunerated by the price related to the use of this network.

A Member State may provide that vehicles registered in that Member State shall be subject to user charges for the use of the whole road network in its territory.

Any administrative charges imposed on undertakings providing a service or a network under the general authorisation or to whom a right of use has been granted shall:

In view of the specific conditions on certain Alpine routes, it may be appropriate for a Member State to disapply a user charge system from a well defined section of its motorway network in order to permit application of an infrastructure related charge;

Temporary additional charges for using non-upgraded parts of the network with vehicles in international traffic complying with the limit values of the Directive shall be levied in a non discriminatory manner.

However, in a Member State where no general network of motorways or dual carriageways with similar characteristics exists, tolls and user charges may be imposed in that State on users of the highest category of road from the technical point of view.

Temporary additional charges for using non-upgraded parts of the network with vehicles in international traffic complying with the limit values of the Directive shall be levied in a non-discriminatory manner, differentiated in particular as regards the treatment of vehicles with or without air suspension systems, whereby vehicles fitted with air suspension should pay lower charges (at least 25% less).

This recommendation recommended, inter alia, the imposition of a 30 % surcharge or an access charge where third-party traffic was carried on an international telecommunications leased circuit, or if such a circuit was interconnected to the public telecommunications network.

Member States should be able to attribute to environmental protection and the balanced development of transport networks a percentage of the amount of the user charge or of the toll, provided that this amount is calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Directive;

Neither shall this Directive prevent the Member States from attributing to environmental protection and the balanced development of transport networks a percentage of the amount of the user charge, or of the toll, provided that this amount is calculated in accordance with Article 7(7) and (9).

Charges for access to networks

The proportion of the total amount of the network charges borne by producers shall, subject to the need to provide appropriate and efficient locational signals, be lower than the proportion borne by consumers.

2. Producers and consumers (`load') may be charged for access to networks.

3. The guidelines shall also determine appropriate rules leading to a progressive harmonisation of the underlying principles for the setting of charges applied to producers and consumers (load) under national tariff systems, including the reflection of the inter-TSO compensation mechanism in national network charges and the provision of appropriate and efficient locational signals, in accordance with the principles set out in Article 4.

When setting the charges for network access the following shall be taken into account:

Charges shall consist of taxes on vehicles, taxes on fuels and fees for the use of the road network.

5. There shall be no specific network charge on individual transactions for declared transits of electricity.

1. Charges applied by network-operators for access to networks shall be transparent, take into account the need for network security and reflect actual costs incurred insofar as they correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable network operator and applied in a non-discriminatory manner.

(12) A proper system of long term locational signals would be necessary, based on the principle that the level of the network access charges should reflect the balance between generation and consumption of the region concerned, on the basis of a differentiation of the network access charges on producers and/or consumers.

allow verification and control of the charges incurred in using the public telephone network at a fixed location and/or related publicly available telephone services, and

Member States should monitor the access conditions to the network with a view to ensuring that there is no discrimination either in the conditions of use or in the charges payable.

(14) The precondition for effective competition in the internal market is non-discriminatory and transparent charges for network use including interconnecting lines in the transmission system.

upon request, at points in addition to the network termination points offered to the majority of users, subject to charges that reflect the cost construction of necessary additional facilities.

Any harmonisation in this respect shall not prevent Member States from applying mechanisms to ensure that network access charges borne by consumers (load) are comparable throughout their territory.

(c) upon request, at points in addition to the network termination points offered to the majority of users, subject to charges that reflect the cost of construction of necessary additional facilities.

This shall not prevent Member States from providing locational signals within their territory or from applying mechanisms to ensure that network access charges borne by consumers (`load') are uniform throughout their territory.

(13) It would not be appropriate to apply distance-related tariffs, or, provided appropriate locational signals are in place, a specific tariff to be paid only by exporters or importers in addition to the general charge for access to the national network.

The infrastructure manager must, in this regard, be able to justify that infrastructure charges actually invoiced to each operator, pursuant to Articles 4 to 12, comply with the methodology, rules, and where applicable, scales laid down in the network statement.

4. Providing that appropriate and efficient locational signals are in place, in accordance with paragraph 2, charges for access to networks applied to producers and consumers shall be applied regardless of the countries of destination and, origin, respectively, of the electricity, as specified in the underlying commercial arrangement.

Telematic networks in the industry sector, notably concerning the exchange of information between administrations in charge of industrial affairs, and between such administrations and industry federations, for the exchange of data regarding automobile type-approval data interchange between administrations, as well as services to simplify and improve the process of administrative form filling.

The resulting high tariffs charged by the telecommunications organizations for, and the shortage of, the basic infrastructure provided by these organizations over which liberalized services might be offered by third parties have delayed widespread development of high-speed corporate networks, remote accessing of databases by both business and residential users and the deployment of innovative services such as telebanking, distance learning, computer-aided marketing, etc. (See communication to the European Parliament and the Council of 25 October 1994 'Green Paper on the liberalization of telecommunications infrastructure and cable television networks:

Without prejudice to the fourth indent of Article 2 (1), and at the request of the Member State concerned, the Commission will take charge of dispatching the notifications of interception as the establishment of the network defined under the first indent of Article 19 (a) (6) of Directive 77/93/EEC progresses, by sending to the other Member States a form which conforms to that set out in the Annex of this Directive, duly completed.

The total annual charge resulting from the cost of participating in the network, referred to in point (a) of the fifth indent of Article 2, which shall not exceed the amound provided for in the first year, and its division between Member States, shall be reexamined before 1 July 1993. However, the maximum price for each Member State for each of years two and three of the contract shall not deviate upwards by more than 10 % of the price for the first year.

The prohibition of the use of other infrastructure, and in particular CATV networks, for the provision of telecommunications services has encouraged the telecommunications organizations to charge high prices in comparison with prices in other countries, whereas innovation in European corporate networking and competitive service provision as well as the implementation of applications proposed in the 'Report on Europe and the global information society`, are critically dependent on the availability of infrastructure, in particular of leased circuits at decreasing costs.

In accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty, the objectives of this Directive, namely to coordinate arrangements in the Member States governing the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the charges made for the use thereof as well as safety certification, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States in view of the need to ensure fair and non-discriminatory terms for access to the infrastructure as well as to take account of the manifestly international dimensions involved in the operation of significant elements of the railway networks, and can therefore, by reason of the need for coordinated trans-national action, be better achieved by the Community.

Producers and consumers ("load") may be charged for access to networks.

The guidelines shall also determine appropriate rules leading to a progressive harmonisation of the underlying principles for the setting of charges applied to producers and consumers (load) under national tariff systems, including the reflection of the inter-TSO compensation mechanism in national network charges and the provision of appropriate and efficient locational signals, in accordance with the principles set out in Article 4.

There shall be no specific network charge on individual transactions for declared transits of electricity.

An example would be the imposition of access charges to leased circuits when they are connected to the public switched network or other special prices and charges for service provision to third parties.

However, Contracting Parties may also impose tolls on networks where user charges are levied, for the use of bridges, tunnels and mountain passes;

Charges applied by network-operators for access to networks shall be transparent, take into account the need for network security and reflect actual costs incurred insofar as they correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable network operator and applied in a non discriminatory manner.