The CETM, the Spanish Confederation of Transport of Merchandise, warns that the more than probable start-up of the Ecotasa in France would have immediate negative effects on the Spanish transport of merchandise, since every day more than 25,000 trucks loaded with Spanish products cross ( Automotive components, paper, fruits, vegetables, etc.) for the different European markets.

 In a communiqué issued, ECTM argues that “the vehicles would see their sales affected by having to bear this new tax, since the passage through France is mandatory.”

The leaders of the confederation understand that “the start-up could be a double taxation, since the transport sector already pays the corresponding tolls for the use of the French motorways and covers, with the rest of its fiscal contributions, all the external costs it generates.

 The ECTM hopes that this proposal, which has to be presented to the French Parliament in the spring, will not succeed as it did the previous six times that the French government proposed this tax for trucks that cross French roads.

If this proposal succeeds, the tax would contribute to the coffers of the French State around 550 million euros per year, which would be paid annually in the case of the owners of French vehicles and in shorter periods in the case of foreigners.