- Heavy goods vehicles (HGV), 3 - 5 tonnes:

Tax Board - implementing of the taxation law: excise duties, income tax, gambling tax, gift and inheritance tax, value added tax, land tax, social tax, customs duty, heavy goods vehicles tax.

As far as heavy work — and the driving of heavy goods vehicles — was concerned, it was not permitted in many countries, although whether such a prohibition conduced to sexual equality was a moot point.

The technological advances that have led to the production of larger and faster heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and the liberalization of road transport services have been major factors that contributed to the strengthening of the sector.

Policies and measures to shift long-distance transport towards less polluting modes were reported by 11 Parties, including investments in rail (Austria, Belgium), ); promotion of ship and rail in freight transport (Belgium, Japan, Switzerland), ); moving on sustainable transportation (Canada), ); intermodal freight transport (France), ); high-speed trains (European Community, France, Spain), ); inter-city connections (France), ); construction of transport systems with minimal environmental impact (Japan), ); environmentally differentiated charges for shipping and air travel (Sweden), ); road- pricing for heavy goods vehicles (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), ); sustainable distribution (United Kingdom), ); and a ground freight transport initiative and an emission reduction initiative (United States).