provided an overview of vignette systems for private vehicles in seven Member States.
These systems were assessed in terms of compliance with the objectives of the EU Treaty and EU Transport Policy.
In addition, recommendations were made on how to improve vignette systems.
No Member State was found to have an optimum vignette system, and each system has scope for improvement in terms of meeting EU principles and policies.
However, systems in Austria and Hungary were found to be better than those in other countries, while the Slovenian scheme was shown to be inefficient