Environmental taxes and charges. National experiences and plans Corporate author European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions Date 1996 Source IUCN (ID: MON-060274) Publisher | Place of publication Office for Official Publications of the European Communities | Luxembourg ISBN 92-827-7968-8 Pages 249 p. Conference name | place | date Dublin Workshop | Dublin | 19960207 -19960208 Language English Country/Territory European Union, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, Finland Subject Environment gen., Air & atmosphere, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste management Subsidy/incentive Abstract Contents: 1. Danish experience with waste charges 2. Making markets work for the economy and the environment: Lessons from experience in Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain 3. The implementation of green taxes: The Belgian experience 4. Implementing ecotaxes in France: Some issues 5. Waste charges and taxes in the Netherlands 6. Economic instruments to abate acidification in Sweden 7. Environmental taxes, tax reform and the internal market: Some Danish experiences and possible Community initiatives 8. The work of the Swedish ' Green ' Tax Commission 9. Taxes with an environmental base and the Dutch Green Commission 10. Ongoing work in the Norwegian Green Tax Commission 11. Effective formulation of tax laws taking environmental considerations into account 12. Ecotaxes on products in Belgium: The need for a proper point of imposition 13. Experience with air pollution charges in Poland 14. The new UK landfill tax 15. Evolution of CO2 / energy taxes in Finland