Activites

• 2001/12/11 Additional information
• 2001/12/11 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1999/09/14 Additional information
• #1906
• 1996/03/11 Council Meeting
  • 1906 summary

    In view of the fact that it had been unable to reach agreement at its meeting in October 1995 on a system for taxing CO2/energy on the basis of the Commission proposal, as amended in May 1995 in accordance with the conclusions of the Essen European Council, the Council asked the Commission to submit new proposals in this field as soon as possible.�

• #1895
• 1995/12/18 Council Meeting
• #1874
• 1995/10/23 Council Meeting
  • 1874 summary

    The Presidency gave the Council a progress report on the discussions in its competent bodies on the CO2/energy tax. On that basis, the Council held an exchange of views, which confirmed that substantial differences of view remained, in particular regarding the guidelines to be followed in the medium and long term on the taxing of energy products. At the end of the debate, the Presidency indicated that it would take the necessary steps to finish the technical work on the transitional solution, so that it could present to the Council a compromise text acceptable to all Member States regarding the medium and long term arrangements. According to the Presidency’s information, this text should, in particular, provide for: - preparation of a report by the Commission on the implementation of the Directive and on the extent to which the objectives set in terms of CO2 emissions were met; - an examination, in the same report, of the relationship between the CO2/energy tax and excise duty on mineral oils and the possibilities of having a combined approach for these taxes; - presentation by the Commission of proposals defining the tax regime to be applied to energy products and engaging the Council to act by a given date.

• #1846
• 1995/05/22 Council Meeting
  • 1846
• 1995/05/10 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0172 summary

    The Commission proposed modifying its initial proposal with a view to including elements of flexibility to enable it to overcome the obstacles that had arisen during the discussions within the Council. This proposal thus responded to the promise made by the Commission in Essen on 9 and 10 December 1994 to submit guidelines enabling those Member States that so wished to apply an energy/CO2 tax on the basis of common parameters. More specifically, the Commission proposed establishing a transition period expiring on 31 December 1999 before applying a harmonised tax, during which the Member States, whilst respecting a harmonised tax structure, would be free to determine tax levels on a product-by-product basis. The Commission would submit before 1 January 1999 a report on the operation of the transitional arrangements, accompanied by proposals on the changeover to a harmonised tax system. Furthermore, in order to help the Member States implement the measures required to meet the objective of reducing CO2 emissions, the Commission hoped to ensure that the levels established in its initial proposal, which had also been revised, were target levels that the Member States could work towards in terms of harmonising their national levels in the medium term. The revised target levels would be established as follows: - ECU 9.37 per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of combustion in the presence of excess oxygen; - ECU 0.7 per gigajoule of energy (although for electricity the target level would be ECU 7 per megawatt/hour); - For mineral oils: . leaded or unleaded petrol: ECU 44.87 per 1 000 l, . diesel and fuel oil: ECU 51.4 per 1 000 l, . kerosene and jet fuel: ECU 48 per 1 000 l, . heavy fuel oil: ECU 57.37 per 1 000 kg/mass, . petroleum coke: ECU 51.2 per 1 000 kg/mass, . liquid petroleum gas: ECU 1.3 per gigajoule. Finally, the application of the tax should not translate into an increase in the level of compulsory levies, so that the guidelines in the White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment would be respected. �

• #1817
• 1994/12/16 Council Meeting
  • 1817
• #1812
• 1994/12/05 Council Meeting
  • 1812
• #1781
• 1994/07/27 Council Meeting
  • 1781
• #1765
• 1994/06/08 Council Meeting
  • 1765
• #1764
• 1994/06/06 Council Meeting
  • 1764
• 1993/09/28 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 1992/09/14 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1992/05/27 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1992)0226 summary

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1992)0226
• Debate in Council: 1764
• Debate in Council: 1765
• Debate in Council: 1781
• Debate in Council: 1812
• Debate in Council: 1817
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0172
• Debate in Council: 1846
• Debate in Council: 1874
• Debate in Council: 1906

History

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