Open Accesssignificane of environmental taxes used for mitigating the environment harmful impacts of road transportation
Author(s) -
Anikó Danyi-Boll,
Attila Gáspár
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
economica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2560-2322
pISSN - 1585-6216
DOI - 10.47282/economica/2019/10/2/4087
Subject(s) - euros , excise , european union , business , investment (military) , european commission , international trade , energy tax , environmental tax , economic policy , agency (philosophy) , fuel tax , natural resource economics , finance , tax reform , economics , public economics , revenue , philosophy , epistemology , politics , humanities , political science , law , macroeconomics
Logistics is one of the most important economic sectors of the European Union, with nearly 1.134 million companies engaged in the field of transportation in the EU. The global logistics market is expected to show further expansion in the forthcoming years. On the other side stands global warning which is one of the greatest problems for the time being. The European Commission has announced a cross-sectoral investment programme worth more than 10 billion euros (nearly 3,200 billion Hungarian forints) for the planning, development and implementation of low carbon dioxide-emitting technologies to improve Europe’s global competitiveness. The common data base of OECD and the European Environment Agency (EEA) currently lists 375 environmental taxes and approximately 250 environmental fees or charges in the OECD countries. Among the EU member states, Sweden, for example, introduced a tax system which includes the essential elements of eco-tax more than 10 years ago. Hungary has several of such tax types, such as the excise tax on fuel, the energy tax, the energy suppliers’ income tax or the vehicle tax.