Joint Industry Letter on the Energy Taxation Directive
ePURE is one of several signatories to a joint letter on the EU recast of the Energy Taxation Directive, calling for renewed efforts to make progress on negotiations among Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission.
"Favourable taxation schemes adjusted to the environmental performance and GHG savings of the individual energy carriers are part of the Commission’s proposal, and can provide to consumers and businesses the right price incentives to accelerate the progressive production of Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuels, including all sustainable gaseous and liquid fuels as defined by the Renewable Energy Directive, complying with the sustainability criteria included in the EU Renewable Energy Directive," the letter states.
"Decisive action is required now to help accelerating industrial production of Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuels. Therefore, the signatories call for:
- Member States to swiftly reach an agreement to incentivise the production and the use of Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuels, allowing the EU to take a pioneering role in the energy transition;
- Support that taxation of each energy product consisting of a mixture of one or more blend components is based on each component (Article 2(6)), providing a clear incentive for higher blends of Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuels and thus boosting their production;
- Finally, considering the divergencies in the Council related to the tax exemptions of intra-EU air and maritime transport, we recommend maintaining the ten-year minimum tax rate of zero for sustainable fuels in those sectors.
