重型货物Ecotax旨在通过收取道路运输货物的环境成本来执行“污染者支付原则”。它针对法国的非通行高速公路，主要道路和次要道路运输的80万吨货物，其收入专门用于188金宝搏bet官网下载开发公共交通工具。在尼古拉斯·萨科齐（Nicolas Sarkozy）担任总统任期内，国会议员在2009年获得了压倒性的支持。

However, with the ecotax due to come into effect in January 2014, there were demonstrations in 2013, particularly in the north-western region of Brittany where the ‘red cap’ movement became notorious for its violent protests (the red cap, or ‘bonnet rouge’, is a symbol of freedom from pre-revolutionary France). The movement was made up largely of agricultural, industrial and regional business interests. The contract was annulled in October 2014, and MPs finally voted to end the scheme in November 2016. Meanwhile, Belgium successfully introduced a national road charging scheme which has been successfully operational since April 2016.

在它的年度报告（仅在法语中）于2月8日出版，审计法院对决定让Ecotax失误的决定遭到严厉批评。它说，Ecotax一直是“政治和运输中的雄心勃勃的工具”，并将其灭亡描述为“公共政策的失败，可能会带来长期后果”。188金宝搏bet官网下载法院补充说：“对于公共财政的昂贵，对于运输政策的连贯性及其融资而感到遗憾，放弃的生态构成一团糟。”188金宝搏bet官网下载

法院估计，Ecotax在2014 - 24年期间将获得98.3亿欧元的净额。相反，该州必须向拥有该计划的合同的公司支付9.58亿欧元。

该报告作为法国总统大选的负责人发表，欧洲委员会准备了2017年5月对Eurovignette提案的审查，该提案将寻求促进欧盟范围内的基于距离的道路收费。