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2007/0023(CNS) Fuel taxes: adjustment of special tax arrangements for gas oil used as motor fuel for commercial purposes and coordination of taxation of unleaded petrol and gas oil used as motor fuel

Progress: Procedure lapsed or withdrawn

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ECON SCHMIDT Olle (icon: ALDE ALDE)
Committee Opinion ENVI
Committee Opinion ITRE
Committee Opinion TRAN
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Events

2012/04/26
   EC - Proposal withdrawn by Commission
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As announced in Official Journal C 156 of 2 June 2012, the Commission decided to withdraw this proposal, which had become obsolete.

2008/04/09
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2008/03/13
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2008/03/13
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted, by 447 in favour to 64 against with 39 abstentions, a legislative resolution amending the proposal to amend Directive 2003/96/EC on the adjustment of special tax arrangements for gas oil used as motor fuel for commercial purposes and the coordination of taxation of unleaded petrol and gas oil used as motor fuel.

The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Olle SCHMIDT (ALDE, SE), on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

The main amendments – adopted under the consultation procedure – are as follows:

-from 2012 the minimum level of taxation for gas oil should equal the minimum level of taxation applicable to unleaded petrol. From 2015 (rather than 2014) the minimum level of taxation should be EUR 359 (rather than EUR 380) per 1000 litres;

-Member States that are required under Community law to increase the excise duty rate on gas oil to EUR 340 per 1 000 litres by 1 January 2012 must impose a rate of at least EUR 359 per 1 000 litres by 1 January 2015;

-Member States in which the excise duty rate on gas oil exceeded EUR 400 per 1 000 litres on 1 January 2008 must increase that rate no further until 1 January 2015 ; -Member States in which the excise duty rate on unleaded petrol exceeded EUR 500 per 1 000 litres on 1 January 2008 must increase that rate no further until 1 January 2015;

-Spain, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Greece will no longer have a transitional period. Parliament stated that Member States that avail themselves of the transitional periods tend, regrettably, not to take steps to catch up with the minimum excise duty standards, contrary to the commitments that they have made. Any automatic prolongation of the transitional period is, therefore, wholly unacceptable;

-Latvia and Lithuania may apply a transitional period until 1 January 2012 to adjust its national level of taxation on gas oil and kerosene used as propellant to the new minimum level of EUR 302 per 1000 l, until 1 January 2013 to reach EUR 330 and, for gas oil used as propellant, until 1 January 2016 to reach EUR 359;

-Poland may apply a transitional period until 1 January 2012 to adjust its national level of taxation on gas oil used as propellant to the new minimum level of EUR 302 per 1000 l, until 1 January 2013 to reach EUR 330 and until 1 January 2016 to reach EUR 359;

-Bulgaria and Romania may apply a further transitional period for gas oil used as propellant until 1 January 2016 to reach EUR 359;

-the Commission shall report on the fulfilment of the obligations of those Member States in which a transitional period expires in 2010;

-in order to ensure the coherence of Directive 2003/96/EC with the common transport policy and avoid potential distortions of competition within the haulage markets, the definition of gas oil used as propellant should be modified. The definition of commercial use concerns the transport of goods by road carried out by vehicles with a maximum permissible gross laden weight of no less than 3,5 tonnes;

-no later than six months after the adoption of the Directive, the Commission shall establish common rules applicable to the refund mechanism.

-lastly, a new recital states that, while regard should be had to the principle of subsidiarity, Member States that obtain additional revenue through the implementation of this Directive should be encouraged to reinvest them primarily in infrastructure, biofuel and new environmental measures aimed at reducing CO 2 emissions.

Documents
2008/03/12
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2008/02/05
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
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2008/02/05
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
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2008/01/29
   EP - Vote in committee
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The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Olle SCHMIDT (ALDE, SE), amending, under the consultation procedure, the proposal to amend Directive 2003/96/EC on the adjustment of special tax arrangements for gas oil used as motor fuel for commercial purposes and the coordination of taxation of unleaded petrol and gas oil used as motor fuel.

The proposal submitted to the European Parliament aims to raise the minimum excise duty rate on gas oil to the minimum level applied to petrol (€359/1000 litres). The committee approved this principle while requesting that the increase of minimum excise duties on gas oil be applied at a slower pace than that proposed by the Commission: these taxes should increase from today’s minimum level of €302/1000 litres to €330/1000 litres on 1 January 2010, then to €340/1000 litres on 1 January 2012 and finally to €359/1000 litres in 2015 (instead of 2012) . In addition, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania should have until 2016 to reach this objective.

Moreover, the committee opposed the proposal to raise minimum excise duty on the two types of fuel to €380/1000 litres in 2014. In order to avoid growing differences between levels of taxation, MEPs believe that:

Member States that are required under Community legislation to increase the excise duty rate on gas oil to €340/1000 litres by 1 January 2012 must impose a rate of at least €359/1000 litres by 1 January 2015; Member States in which the excise duty rate exceeds €400/1000 litres for gas oil and €500/1000 litres for unleaded petrol on 1 January 2008 shall not increase that rate further until 1 January 2015.

In order to ensure the consistency of Directive 2003/96/EC with the common transport policy and avoid potential distortions of competition within the haulage markets, MEPs believe that the definition of gas oil used as propellant should be amended. In their view, the definition of commercial use concerns the transport of goods by road carried out by vehicles with a maximum permissible gross laden weight of no less than 3.5 tonnes.

An amendment calls for the non-support of the automatic prolongation regime of the transitional period. In this context, the Commission is called upon to report, in 2010, on the extent to which those Member States that are approaching the end of the transitional period have fulfilled their obligations.

No later than six months after the adoption of this Directive, the Commission shall establish common rules applicable to the refund mechanism.

Lastly, Members emphasise that:

it should also be made possible for Member States to promote the use of non-fossil and low-carbon based propellants through both tax incentives and schemes aimed at guaranteeing a certain level of consumption of those propellants; Member States that gain additional revenues from the implementation of this Directive should be encouraged to reinvest them primarily in infrastructure, biofuels and new environmental measures aimed at reducing CO2 emissions.

2007/10/24
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
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2007/10/04
   EP - Committee draft report
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2007/05/22
   EP - SCHMIDT Olle (ALDE) appointed as rapporteur in ECON
2007/04/26
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2007/03/13
   EC - Legislative proposal
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PURPOSE: to reduce the distortions of competition related to excise differentials affecting haulage markets by amending the Energy Tax Directive (ETD) 2003/96/EC.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive.

BACKGROUND: fuel, including taxes, accounts for between 20 and 30% of the running costs of a road haulage business, with VAT alone accounting for between 6 and 18% of the running costs. Differences in operating costs resulting from national taxes and levies have a great impact on the competitiveness of road haulage companies. Trucks can now carry tanks that cover between 1 500 and 3 000 kilometres in a single tank. This makes it financially interesting for hauliers, located near the border of a low taxing country, to tank cross-border. The practice is known as “fuel tourism”. Fuel tourism has three negative side effects. Firstly, it distorts competition. Operators from Luxembourg and Austria have increased their market shares over most of their competitors whereas the United Kingdom has registered a loss on all markets. Tax differences for gas oil appear to be the main factor accounting for 40% of the market share variations observed. Secondly, detours have a negative impact on the environment. A 1990 study concerning the Netherlands established that 10 million extra kilometres were driven to refuel across the border. Thirdly, it leads to losses in budgetary resources for those Member States applying a relatively high excises duty in gas oil. Germany estimates that tax loses resulting from fuel tourism in 2004 cost it € 1 915 000 000.

CONTENT: the purpose of this Regulation, therefore, is to reduce the distortion of competition related to excise differentials which affect haulage markets. The proposal meets common transport policy objectives and will provide better protection for the environment. In summary, the proposed amendments will modify the Energy Tax Directive by:

- increasing the minimum levels of taxation for gas oil set out at Community level. From 2012 onwards the minimum level of taxation would be identical to the minimum level that will already be applicable to unleaded petrol (€ 359/1000 l)

- increasing the minimum level, from 2014 onwards, to € 380/1000 l;

- making the decoupling of the duty on commercial and non-commercial gas oil optional and not obligatory;

- enabling all Member States to reduce their taxation levels below their 1 January 2003 level, provided they respect the minimum level of taxation and provided they apply or introduce a system of road user charges, so that the overall tax burden remains broad equivalent;

- maintaining and supplementing the transition periods granted upon the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. For every Member State benefiting from transitional periods, increases should take place very two years; and

- applying the commercial gas oil tax rate at Member State level by means of a refund mechanism, the practicalities of which will be defined at Community level.

On a final point, the proposal has no implications on the Community budget.

2007/03/13
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2007/03/13
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2007/03/12
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to reduce the distortions of competition related to excise differentials affecting haulage markets by amending the Energy Tax Directive (ETD) 2003/96/EC.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive.

BACKGROUND: fuel, including taxes, accounts for between 20 and 30% of the running costs of a road haulage business, with VAT alone accounting for between 6 and 18% of the running costs. Differences in operating costs resulting from national taxes and levies have a great impact on the competitiveness of road haulage companies. Trucks can now carry tanks that cover between 1 500 and 3 000 kilometres in a single tank. This makes it financially interesting for hauliers, located near the border of a low taxing country, to tank cross-border. The practice is known as “fuel tourism”. Fuel tourism has three negative side effects. Firstly, it distorts competition. Operators from Luxembourg and Austria have increased their market shares over most of their competitors whereas the United Kingdom has registered a loss on all markets. Tax differences for gas oil appear to be the main factor accounting for 40% of the market share variations observed. Secondly, detours have a negative impact on the environment. A 1990 study concerning the Netherlands established that 10 million extra kilometres were driven to refuel across the border. Thirdly, it leads to losses in budgetary resources for those Member States applying a relatively high excises duty in gas oil. Germany estimates that tax loses resulting from fuel tourism in 2004 cost it € 1 915 000 000.

CONTENT: the purpose of this Regulation, therefore, is to reduce the distortion of competition related to excise differentials which affect haulage markets. The proposal meets common transport policy objectives and will provide better protection for the environment. In summary, the proposed amendments will modify the Energy Tax Directive by:

- increasing the minimum levels of taxation for gas oil set out at Community level. From 2012 onwards the minimum level of taxation would be identical to the minimum level that will already be applicable to unleaded petrol (€ 359/1000 l)

- increasing the minimum level, from 2014 onwards, to € 380/1000 l;

- making the decoupling of the duty on commercial and non-commercial gas oil optional and not obligatory;

- enabling all Member States to reduce their taxation levels below their 1 January 2003 level, provided they respect the minimum level of taxation and provided they apply or introduce a system of road user charges, so that the overall tax burden remains broad equivalent;

- maintaining and supplementing the transition periods granted upon the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. For every Member State benefiting from transitional periods, increases should take place very two years; and

- applying the commercial gas oil tax rate at Member State level by means of a refund mechanism, the practicalities of which will be defined at Community level.

On a final point, the proposal has no implications on the Community budget.

Documents

Votes

Rapport Schmidt A6-0030/2008 - am. 1 #

2008/03/13 Outcome: +: 417, -: 61, 0: 3
DE PL GB ES RO IT FR BE HU PT BG AT NL EL IE SI FI SK EE LV LT CY LU MT CZ DK SE
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Rapport Schmidt A6-0030/2008 - am. 2 #

2008/03/13 Outcome: +: 429, -: 51, 0: 7
DE PL GB RO ES IT FR PT HU BE CZ BG NL AT EL FI SK LT SI IE EE LV LU CY MT DK SE
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Rapport Schmidt A6-0030/2008 - am. 3 #

2008/03/13 Outcome: +: 449, -: 47, 0: 5
DE ES GB RO IT FR NL PT HU CZ AT BE FI SE BG SK LT DK PL LV SI IE EE CY LU MT EL
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Rapport Schmidt A6-0030/2008 - am. 16 #

2008/03/13 Outcome: +: 509, 0: 20, -: 7
DE PL FR GB ES IT RO BE NL PT HU AT BG SE FI CZ DK EL LT SK LV SI IE EE LU CY MT
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Rapport Schmidt A6-0030/2008 - am. 25 #

2008/03/13 Outcome: -: 336, 0: 134, +: 68
SE DK CY MT SI LU EE FI SK AT LT BG LV NL EL PT IE BE HU IT CZ ES FR RO GB DE PL
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icon: ALDE ALDE
70

Sweden ALDE

Against (1)

1

Cyprus ALDE

Against (1)

1

Slovenia ALDE

2

Luxembourg ALDE

Against (1)

1

Estonia ALDE

Against (2)

2

Austria ALDE

Against (1)

1

Latvia ALDE

Against (1)

1

Ireland ALDE

Against (1)

1

Hungary ALDE

2

Spain ALDE

1
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
207
4

Malta PPE-DE

Against (2)

2

Slovenia PPE-DE

For (1)

3

Luxembourg PPE-DE

2

Estonia PPE-DE

Against (1)

1

Finland PPE-DE

2

Lithuania PPE-DE

1

Bulgaria PPE-DE

3

Latvia PPE-DE

3

Rapport Schmidt A6-0030/2008 - am. 26 #

2008/03/13 Outcome: -: 352, 0: 142, +: 54
DK SE CY MT LU EE SI FI AT LV LT NL EL SK BE PT BG IE HU IT FR CZ ES RO GB DE PL
Total
12
15
2
2
5
5
5
12
16
8
8
20
11
11
20
20
13
10
17
32
44
21
39
28
45
79
48
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
31

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

Against (1)

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Austria Verts/ALE

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Italy Verts/ALE

2

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

2
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
31

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

Sweden GUE/NGL

2

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Greece GUE/NGL

Against (1)

2

Portugal GUE/NGL

2

France GUE/NGL

2

Czechia GUE/NGL

Against (1)

4

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1
icon: PSE PSE
139

Luxembourg PSE

Against (1)

1

Estonia PSE

Abstain (2)

2

Slovenia PSE

Abstain (1)

1

Finland PSE

For (1)

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

3

Lithuania PSE

2

Netherlands PSE

3

Slovakia PSE

2

Czechia PSE

2
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
15

Denmark IND/DEM

Against (1)

1

Sweden IND/DEM

2

Netherlands IND/DEM

2

Greece IND/DEM

1

Ireland IND/DEM

Against (1)

1

France IND/DEM

Abstain (1)

1

Czechia IND/DEM

Against (1)

1

United Kingdom IND/DEM

3

Poland IND/DEM

3
icon: NI NI
22

Austria NI

1

Slovakia NI

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Belgium NI

3

Bulgaria NI

2

Czechia NI

Against (1)

1

Romania NI

Against (1)

1

United Kingdom NI

4
2
icon: UEN UEN
28

Denmark UEN

Against (1)

1

Lithuania UEN

Against (1)

1

Ireland UEN

3
icon: ALDE ALDE
71

Sweden ALDE

Against (1)

1

Cyprus ALDE

Against (1)

1

Luxembourg ALDE

Against (1)

1

Estonia ALDE

Against (2)

2

Slovenia ALDE

2

Austria ALDE

Against (1)

1

Latvia ALDE

Against (1)

1

Ireland ALDE

Against (1)

1

Hungary ALDE

2

Spain ALDE

1
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
211

Malta PPE-DE

Against (2)

2

Luxembourg PPE-DE

2

Estonia PPE-DE

Against (1)

1

Slovenia PPE-DE

2

Finland PPE-DE

2

Latvia PPE-DE

3

Lithuania PPE-DE

1

Bulgaria PPE-DE

3

Rapport Schmidt A6-0030/2008 - am. 19 #

2008/03/13 Outcome: +: 438, -: 82, 0: 18
DE ES IT FR RO NL PT HU AT FI SE BE BG DK SK CZ LT LV EE LU SI PL GB CY MT EL IE
Total
74
37
33
42
28
21
20
17
16
13
15
20
13
11
11
20
7
8
5
5
6
48
44
2
1
11
10
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
207

Lithuania PPE-DE

1

Estonia PPE-DE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE-DE

2

Slovenia PPE-DE

3

Malta PPE-DE

For (1)

1

Ireland PPE-DE

For (1)

5
icon: PSE PSE
136

Slovakia PSE

2

Czechia PSE

For (1)

1

Lithuania PSE

For (1)

1

Estonia PSE

2

Luxembourg PSE

For (1)

1

Slovenia PSE

For (1)

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
71

Spain ALDE

1
2

Austria ALDE

1

Sweden ALDE

For (1)

1

Latvia ALDE

1

Estonia ALDE

2

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

1

Slovenia ALDE

Against (1)

2

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

1

Ireland ALDE

Against (1)

1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
29

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Portugal GUE/NGL

2

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Sweden GUE/NGL

2

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1

Greece GUE/NGL

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
30

Italy Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

3

Austria Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1