Adhesive Label Supplement – Nothing stands in the way of the electronic bullet – News

• The Council of States gave the go-ahead on Thursday to introduce a voluntary electronic highway vignette.
• It has eliminated the last difference left to the National Council.
• The proposal is now ready for the final vote.

The way the electronic bullet is verified has recently been controversial. The Council of States finally tacitly endorsed the proposal of the National Council to allow the Federal Customs Administration and the cantons automated controls with fixed systems and mobile devices.

These controls should not be carried out on a permanent and generalized basis, but on a random and risk-related basis, as Stefan Engler (CVP / GR), Chairman of the Transportation Commission, said in the Council of States. Therefore, the majority could join the National Council.

Only SVP against you in principle

The decision of principle to introduce a voluntary electronic highway vignette was indisputable in the municipalities. This is linked to the license plate number and should be able to be ordered and paid for online at home and abroad.

Originally, the Federal Council had completely abolished the adhesive vignette and only wanted to use the electronic vignette. But he abandoned this plan after the consultation. The electronic bullet should be available from 2022 together with the conventional sticker. This will still cost 40 francs a year.

No more overseas sticker label sales

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The National Council and the Council of States were also able to reach an agreement previously on the question of how to deal with the sales of vignettes abroad that are now established. Parliament decided to stop selling the sticker abroad.

Finance Minister Ueli Maurer said that in the age of advanced digitization there was no longer any reason to maintain an expensive sales network for overseas highway vignettes. The exemption provides the federal government with an annual savings of eight million francs due to the elimination of commissions.

The fundamental criticisms came during the parliamentary debate only from the SVP. In your opinion, this could be a first step towards mobility pricing. The group also warned of high monitoring costs if automatic control systems were introduced.

However, the SVP’s motion not to participate in the fall session of the National Council clearly failed with 138 to 51 votes.

Same high income

The Federal Council assumes that revenues will remain approximately the same as today. These amount to about 360 million francs annually and are used for the construction, operation and maintenance of national roads. An increase in the price of the vignette to 100 francs was not successful in 2013.