1. inter-regional road charging project in Belgium
State of play of
inter-regional road charging project in Belgium
Technical market consultation
Brussels, 10 September 2012
Per Posma, Programme Manager
Inter-Regional Project Management Office
for Road Charging

2. Background
Belgium is a small country with large transit of Heavy Goods Vehicles:
Logistics hub with Ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Ghent, Express distribution (TNT Hub Liège-Bierset, …), inland waterways, rail
Ultra-dense road network (57,8 km highway per 1000 km²)
Central location in the EU
Large population of passenger cars:
5,8 million lights vehicles registered (11 million residents in the country)
Heavy tourist traffic in holiday seasons (north- south EU)

3. Background Road charging is competence of the Regions in Belgium.
Political Agreement between Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels Capital
Region - to reform road taxes (21 January 2011):
Introduction of a kilometre-based intelligent road charge for trucks exceeding 3,5 tonnes, in 2013
Introduction of an electronic road vignette for passenger cars, in 2013
Co-ordinated reform of tax regime for vehicles Circulation Tax (VKB / TC) and Registration Tax (BIV / TMC)
Planning has been reviewed: end of project 2015, operational early 2016

4. Preparation of decisions Administrative Committee
Governance model
Decisions
Gov.
Flemish
Region
Gov.
Walloon
Region
Gov.
Brussels
Region
Political Committee
representatives of 15 cabinets
from the three Regions
Preparation of decisions
Covering all aspects of project
(DBFMO model):
Technical
Legal
Financial …
Administrative Committee
Representatives from relevant administrations
from the three Regions
Project
Management
Office
Co-ordination
Technical/Financial
/legal expertise
Communication
Consultant
Experts
from Regions

5. Basic principles of system
Core of the “Kilometre charge” for Heavy Goods Vehicles:
System based on GNSS and mobile communications technology
Self-installable OBU for both national and foreign users
Applicable to at least all Eurovignette roads, other roads can be added per Region
Belgium (the regions) will exit Eurovignette system
Core of the “Road Vignette” for Light Vehicles:
System based on Electronic Vignette, enforced by ANPR
Reform of road taxes based on environmental parameters of vehicle
Tests to assess feasability of Kilometre Charge for Light Vehicles

6. Basic principles of system
Business and Organization model:
Creation of an interregional entity
One SSP for the three regions both for the kilometer charge and the road vignette
Monitored through interregional entity
Legal framework and tendering procedure :
Negotiation procedure leading to the tendering procedure
Legislative procedures: duration 15 months

7. Basic principles of system
Key Performance Indicators:
Compensation SSP: availability based compensation payments - fixed and variable components
Based on the performance level penalties may be imposed
Measure performance through data mining
The SSP reports to the interregional entity about the agreed KPIs and performance requirements.
Contract Issues :
DBFMO contract: over a period of 1,5 – 2 years of construction, plus a fixed operational phase of 12 years following the Availability Date
Extendable by 3 periods of 1 year
Debt for the project has to remain ESR neutral

8. Market Consultation
Preliminary Architecture will be subject to scrutiny by potential suppliers
and service providers:
Regions will ask industry representatives who wish to do so, to provide information on financial, technical and legal feasibility of ideas proposed in Preliminary Architecture
Information gathered during Market Consultation will be fed into the process of drafting the Final Architecture and Tender Document
No discrimination: every useful comment from industry will be welcome.

9. Technical preparation
Program schedule
Definition Phase
Consul-
tation
Phase
Technical preparation
Legal work
Tender
Implementation
Political Agreement 21/01/2011
Vision Document 03/2011
Start Pre-Study Fairway 08/2011
Preliminary Architecture
Consultations
Final Architecture
Tender documents
Contract with SSP
Start construction
Operational
Phase
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

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