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Latvian Road Fund idea still alive
Vilnis MillersHead of Finance Management
DepartmentWarsaw, June 2007
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Expenditures for the State budget state road fund
programme
milj. EUR
Structure of expenditures State roads 70
Structure of expenditures Local roads 30
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Road financing models
The state special budget State Road Fund Sources of road financing Actual revenues from earmarked taxes annual vehicle tax 100 excise duty on oil products 80 The state base budget Sources of road financing Subsidy from the state budget general revenues, which must not be less than in previous year
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Annual financing for the state budget state road
fund program must not be less than sum of planed
revenues from annual vehicle tax and 80 percents
of planned revenues from excise duty on oil
products
Law On Roads
2007 - 65
2008 - 70
2009 - 75
2010 - 80
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Expenditures for the State budget state road fund
programme
milj. EUR
Structure of expenditures State roads 70
Structure of expenditures Local roads 30
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Local Road Users
Who could pay Road Users Charge?
In 2006 registered and passed technical
inspection 60 200 vehicles with gross net
weight over 12 tonne
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Foreign Road Users
Who could pay Road Users Charge?

• EU outer border crossings in 2006 with Russia
  (vehicle registration country and number of
  vehicles) - Russia 38 000 - Lithuania 89
  000 - Poland 17 000 - other countries 13 000
  
  (for information - Latvia 54 000) with Belarus
  (no information)

• EU inner border crossings in 2006 (no information)

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