Environmental taxes and fees; environmental accounts

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Tax payers Environmental taxes and fees Environmental taxes and fees (mln euro)
Q Health and social work activities Total environmental taxes and levies 569
Total energy-related taxes 330
Excise duties petrol and oth. minerals 37
Energy tax 287
Sustainable energy surcharge 0
Emission permits 5
Levies on stocks of petroleum products 1
Fuel tax 0
Total transport-related taxes 57
Passenger car and motorcycle registr.tax 11
Motor vehicle tax 34
Air travel tax 12
Total taxes/levies on polluting activiti 181
Wastewater treatment charge 58
Sewerage charges 16
Waste taks 87
Waste disposal charges (State) 20
Packaging tax 0
Civil aviation noise pollution tax 0
Manure surplus tax 0
Groundwater and landfill tax (Provinces) 0
Tap water and groundwater taxes 1
Reduction on energy taks -39
87-88 Care and social work Total environmental taxes and levies 278
Total energy-related taxes 157
Excise duties petrol and oth. minerals 27
Energy tax 129
Sustainable energy surcharge 0
Emission permits 0
Levies on stocks of petroleum products 1
Fuel tax 0
Total transport-related taxes 34
Passenger car and motorcycle registr.tax 4
Motor vehicle tax 27
Air travel tax 3
Total taxes/levies on polluting activiti 87
Wastewater treatment charge 50
Sewerage charges 10
Waste taks 20
Waste disposal charges (State) 7
Packaging tax 0
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 -17
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