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EU carbon border tax will do little to cut emissions

A European Union plan to impose tariffs on high-carbon imports could hurt developing countries in Asia but is unlikely to lead to big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report published on Monday.

read more... 26/02/2024

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The Belgian Presidency’s plan to unblock the EU’s energy taxation directive

Euractiv got hold of the Belgian Presidency’s plan to unblock the EU Energy Taxation Directive, which is currently stuck because of the unanimity rule applying to tax matters.

read more... 21/02/2024

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Clock ticking as EU tries to unblock energy taxation directive

The French electricity sector fears that the revision of the EU’s energy taxation directive will fail before the June European elections, despite a last push by the Belgian EU presidency, which is seeking to break the deadlock in the Council of the EU.

read more... 20/02/2024

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France stalling over EDF wholesale tax

The government was mulling scrapping any reference to the tax from its draft energy sovereignty bill, which it had initially planned to table at the beginning of the month but had now postponed, said the MPs from the government’s ruling Renaissance party, confirming a report in French daily La Tribune.

read more... 13/02/2024

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EC clears EUR-2.9bn French tax credit scheme for green industries

The European Commission (EC) on Monday approved, under state aid rules, a EUR-2.9-billion (USD 3.17bn) French tax credit scheme to support the production of solar panels, batteries, wind turbines and heat pumps, as well as associated key components and critical raw materials.

read more... 10/01/2024

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