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Repeal of the national tax on goods transport vehicles (heavy goods vehicle ecotax)

Article 84 of the 2017 finance act repeals Chapter II of Title X of the Customs Code, which established the national tax on goods transport vehicles (HGV ecotax), together with related provisions of the Highway Code, the Transport Code and several acts (2009 finance act, Grenelle I act, act of 28 May 2013). The tax, which had been suspended, was never collected.

Impact on public finances

No official estimate found for this measure.

Effective date
1 January 2017

Measure impact

Road hauliers: definitive removal of the legal basis of a tax that was never collected; no change in actual revenue.

Official references

Law number: Loi n° 2016-1917 du 29/12/2016 (LF 2017), art. 84
Official Journal: JORF du 30 décembre 2016, texte n° 1

Procedure timeline

Follow the progress of this fiscal measure through the different stages of the parliamentary procedure.

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5 / 5 steps
Completed
1 January 2017

Administrative implementation

Application

Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration

Application de l'abrogation (dispositions fiscales applicables à compter du 1er janvier 2017, art. 1er, II, 3°).
Completed
29 December 2016

Possible referral to Constitutional Council

Constitutional review

Décision de conformité / censure partielle

Décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2016-744 DC.
Completed
29 December 2016

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Promulgation de la loi de finances pour 2017 (JORF du 30 décembre 2016, texte n° 1).
Completed
20 December 2016

National Assembly has the final say

Parliamentary process

Si échec CMP

Vote result
Adopted
Adoption définitive par l'Assemblée nationale en lecture définitive.
Completed
22 November 2016

Debate and vote

Parliamentary process

Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)

Vote result
Adopted
Adoption en première lecture du projet de loi par l'Assemblée nationale.