Activities of Luís Paulo ALVES related to 2011/0092(CNS)
Plenary speeches (7)
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Amendments (1)
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Article 15(3) of Directive 2003/96/EC allows Member States to apply to agricultural, horticultural and piscicultural works as well as to forestry not only the provisions generally applicable to business uses but also a level of taxation down to zero. An examination of that option has revealed that as far as general energy consumption taxation is concerned its maintenance would be contrary to the Union’s wider policy objectives unless it is linked to a counterpart ensuring advances in the field of energy efficiency. As regards CO2 related taxation the treatment of the sectors concerned should be aligned to the rules applying to industrial sectors. The regions which are most affected by high production costs and which have an exceptional capacity to produce energy from renewable sources should receive other forms of support in addition to tax exemption, in order to encourage energy self-sufficiency on the part of their farmers and stockbreeders.