{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"external costs","description":"External costs are economic burdens generated by an actor that are not borne by that actor but fall instead on third parties or society as a whole. In transport, typical examples include air pollution, noise, greenhouse gas emissions, accident costs, and wear on public infrastructure. Because these costs are absent from market prices, transport services are effectively underpriced relative to their true societal impact. External costs stand in contrast to internal costs, which appear directly in","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/external-costs","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T18:04:08.220330","citation":"https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/sustainable/studies/external-costs_en","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/external-costs","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"external costs · External costs are economic burdens generated by an actor that are not borne by that actor but fall instead on third parties or society as a whole. · Quelle: https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/sustainable/studies/external-costs_en"}