Earlier roll-back of 170 million for introduction of the truck toll 2027

The cabinet is planning to bring forward the backlock from the truck toll. Instead of the original year 2027 would already have significant amounts available for Promoting sustainability in road transport.

Instead of 2027, significant amounts would be made available for promoting sustainability in road transport by next year.

The "truck toll' refers to a form of tolls that is expected to be imported in 2027 and specifically targeted at trucks and other heavy vehicles. This toll is levied based on the number of kilometres that a truck travels on national Dutch roads. The purpose of the truck toll is the revenue generation for the government and Promoting sustainability in road transport. Promoting sustainability will be done in two ways: Firstly, a large part of the revenue will be returned to the transport sector in the form of subsidies for the sustainability of road transport.

According to the plans of ruler Harbers there will be a pre-financing of EUR 70 million in 2024, followed by EUR 100 million in 2025. This money will be used, among other things, to continue Installation after this year and to set up a scheme for the purchase of charging infrastructure for electric trucks in industrial sites and distribution centres. Secondly, Electric trucks pay as much as 80% less in truck toll per kilometer.

The height of the truck toll is related to the euro emission class and the maximum permissible weight of the truck. For Euro-6 trucks the rate should be on average at 17.1 cents per kilometer (price level 2023). Zero emission trucks would only average 3.3 cents per kilometer pay. However, the rates will be adjusted to the current price level when the truck tax is introduced. Does this mean that, as a road transport operator, you will be paying the truck toll in addition to all your current charging costs?

No, when the truck toll is introduced the To reduce vehicle tax on lorries to the European minimum and becomes the charge of Eurovignette stopped in the Netherlands. Is the Netherlands, then, the only one that will levy truck tax?

No, many European countries have already gone ahead with us, including our neighbouring countries Belgium with the "Railway' kilometre tax for trucks and Germany with the "Railway' motorway. The Netherlands has long wanted to move to a similar system, also to be able to tax foreign carriers in the Netherlands. How are you going to pay for the truck toll later?

Like our neighbouring countries, the Dutch truck toll will be calculated via a On Board Unit, after which you will receive an invoice about the number of kilometres driven. To prevent you from having another OBU system must install the Dutch government is working hard on the Dutch trucktol system to connect to the well-known current OBU systems such as Satellite and Axxès. Originally the introduction of the kilometre tax was planned for 2023, but this is now postponed to 2027.

This is because there was a lot of criticism****of the law, including criticism about the distribution of revenue. For example, TLN was concerned about the impact on the transport sector and wanted to avoid the truck toll becoming mainly a way for the government to fill the state treasury. This was addressed in a governance agreement signed in 2021 by then Minister Barbara Visser of IenW and industry representatives TLN, Evofenedex and the Vern. In this agreement, the parties set out how the net revenue from the truck tax is returned to the sector to promote sustainability. All in all, the introduction of truck toll should be expected to lead to 17,400 additional trucks without emissions in 2030, on top of the 8,400 electric trucks, which are an autonomous growth engine.

This would be the total by 2030 on almost 25,000 electric trucks more than the 16,000 that the cabinet has set as its goal. The new truck charging system called Tractor toll is expected to be introduced in 2027.

The system is derived from our neighbouring countries and will use a On Board Unit to calculate what your costs are based on your type of truck and the number of kilometres driven. The system ensures that everyone pays a fair price for his/her use of the Dutch national roads. Net revenue from the truck toll system will Mostly locked back should become a road transport sector to promote sustainability. However, in order to boost the sustainability of the sector, it will be necessary to In the next two years, EUR 170 million will be pre-financed by the government.