Environmental taxes and fees; environmental accounts

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Tax payers Environmental taxes and fees Environmental taxes and fees (mln euro)
M Other specialised business services Total environmental taxes and levies 471
Total energy-related taxes 332
Excise duties petrol and oth. minerals 161
Energy tax 168
Sustainable energy surcharge 0
Emission permits 0
Levies on stocks of petroleum products 3
Fuel tax 0
Total transport-related taxes 77
Passenger car and motorcycle registr.tax 15
Motor vehicle tax 46
Air travel tax 16
Total taxes/levies on polluting activiti 62
Wastewater treatment charge 9
Sewerage charges 5
Waste taks 29
Waste disposal charges (State) 16
Packaging tax 3
Civil aviation noise pollution tax 0
Manure surplus tax 0
Groundwater and landfill tax (Provinces) 0
Tap water and groundwater taxes 0
Reduction on energy taks -23
N Renting and other business support Total environmental taxes and levies 1,722
Total energy-related taxes 387
Excise duties petrol and oth. minerals 316
Energy tax 59
Sustainable energy surcharge 0
Emission permits 7
Levies on stocks of petroleum products 5
Fuel tax 0
Total transport-related taxes 1,267
Passenger car and motorcycle registr.tax 641
Motor vehicle tax 512
Air travel tax 114
Total taxes/levies on polluting activiti 68
Wastewater treatment charge 26
Sewerage charges 2
Waste taks 16
Waste disposal charges (State) 4
Packaging tax 20
Civil aviation noise pollution tax 0
Manure surplus tax 0
Groundwater and landfill tax (Provinces) 0
Tap water and groundwater taxes 0
Reduction on energy taks -7
80–82 Other business services Total environmental taxes and levies 152
Total energy-related taxes 106
Excise duties petrol and oth. minerals 81
Energy tax 17
Sustainable energy surcharge 0
Emission permits 7
Levies on stocks of petroleum products 1
Fuel tax 0
Total transport-related taxes 28
Passenger car and motorcycle registr.tax 5
Motor vehicle tax 23
Air travel tax 0
Total taxes/levies on polluting activiti 18
Wastewater treatment charge 5
Sewerage charges 1
Waste taks 3
Waste disposal charges (State) 2
Packaging tax 7
Civil aviation noise pollution tax 0
Manure surplus tax 0
Groundwater and landfill tax (Provinces) 0
Tap water and groundwater taxes 0
Reduction on energy taks -2
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation

The government charges several taxes and fees to support and finance environmental policy. This table presents an overview of the revenues of the environmental taxes and fees, classified in four categories: energy, transport, pollution and natural resources.
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.

The table is part of the environmental accounts. The environmental accounts quantify the relationship between economy and environment. In order to arrive at a consistent statistical description of this relationship, the environmental accounts are in line with the classifications, definitions and revision strategy of the environmental accounts. As a result, environmental figures from the environmental accounts deviate in a number of cases from the environmental figures elsewhere on the CBS website, and in some cases, from the national accounts themselves.

Data available from: 1995

Status of the figures:
Figures for 2024 are provisional, the reporting years 1995-2023 are final.

Changes as of November 2025:
The figures for 2023 and 2024 have been updated.

When will new figures be published?
New figures are published annually around November.

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Environmental taxes and fees