Database On Environmental Taxes and Charges in CEE

 

Click here to use the database In June 2000, the Sofia Initiative on Economic Instruments at REC published a comprehensive database of environmental taxes in the energy, transport, air, water, and waste sectors. The database will also cover user charges for water and waste services, as well as economic instruments introduced to protect biodiversity and nature in the region. The REC Database on Environmental Taxes for 1999 covers Central and Eastern Europe with special focus on the ten EU Accession Countries. The latest available information on taxation, tax rates, revenue collection, and use of revenue is presented in a format compatible with a similar database for EU Member States available at the European Commission Internet site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/enveco). Policy-makers and researchers interested in a comparative overview of CEE environmental taxation policies vis-a-vis EU minimums for excise taxes on energy products and other policy instruments implemented in CEE such as air emission taxes on SO2, NOx and CO2 will be interested in this useful reference tool. The Database on Environmental Taxes and Charges in CEE is based on the work of a network of experts in the countries covered. The supplements to this Newsletter give a preview of some of the information that is available on the database. The following information is detailed: objective of tax/charge, tax base, tax rate, revenue collected, the collection authority, and authority responsible for revenue. Additionally, comments regarding the environmental effectiveness of these charges are provided. The Database on Environmental Taxes and Charges in CEE can be found free of charge at the website of the Sofia Initiative on Economic Instruments.

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