Regional development tax on motorway operators raised from €6.86 to €7.32 per thousand kilometres

Article 66 of the 2011 Finance Act raises from €6.86 to €7.32 per thousand kilometres travelled the rate of the tax paid by motorway concession companies (Article 302 bis ZB of the General Tax Code). A share of its revenue, set at €35 million a year, goes to the new special allocation account 'National contracted passenger transport services', the rest remaining with the French transport infrastructure financing agency (AFITF). The article sets no specific date; it applies from 1 January 2011.