Environmental taxes and fees, revenues by taxpayer; NA, 1995-2022
| Taxpayers | Periods | Environmental tax revenues Environmental taxes on products Tax on electricity and gas use (mln euro) |
|---|---|---|
| D Electricity and gas supply | 2022* | 0 |
| Source: CBS. | ||
Table explanation
This table presents an overview of the revenues of the environmental taxes and fees. The government charges several taxes and fees to support and finance environmental policy.
The revenues of environmental taxes and fees can be attributed by taxpayer, distinguishing private households, industries and non-residents.
The above mentioned revenues of environmental taxes and fees are presented in the following variables:
-value in current prices, million euros.
Data available from: 1995
Status of the figures:
Figures for 2021 and 2022 are provisional, the reporting years 1995-2020 are final figures.
Since this table has been discontinued, provisional data will not become final.
Changes as of April 2025:
None, the table has been stopped. The link to the new table can be found in chapter 3.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable, the table has been stopped and will be replaced by the new table "Environmental taxes and fees; environmental accounts"
Description topics
- Environmental tax revenues
- Revenues of taxes that aim to reduce environmentally damaging activities through a price increase. The revenues of these taxes flow into the general budget and are not dedicated to financing environmental measures. Examples of environmental taxes are excise duties on petrol, motor vehicle tax, energy tax and tax on passenger cars and motorcycles.
- Environmental taxes on products
- The following product-related taxes are environmental taxes: tax on groundwater, tap water, waste, petrol, energy and packaging. These come under the environmentally based tax act (Wet belastingen op milieugrondslag).
- Tax on electricity and gas use
- Tax charged for the use of energy (gas, electricity and certain oil products). The energy tax is one of the product-related taxes that come under the environmentally based taxes. As of 2004 energy tax is the new name for regulating energy tax (REB). Since 2004 fuel tax has been largely integrated in the energy tax.