Environmental taxes and fees; environmental accounts

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Tax payers Environmental taxes and fees Environmental taxes and fees (mln euro)
G Wholesale and retail trade Total environmental taxes and levies 1,770
Total energy-related taxes 1,155
Excise duties petrol and oth. minerals 419
Energy tax 716
Sustainable energy surcharge 0
Emission permits 14
Levies on stocks of petroleum products 6
Fuel tax 0
Total transport-related taxes 285
Passenger car and motorcycle registr.tax 103
Motor vehicle tax 175
Air travel tax 7
Total taxes/levies on polluting activiti 330
Wastewater treatment charge 17
Sewerage charges 46
Waste taks 41
Waste disposal charges (State) 17
Packaging tax 209
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 -104
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) Total environmental taxes and levies 1,160
Total energy-related taxes 811
Excise duties petrol and oth. minerals 263
Energy tax 529
Sustainable energy surcharge 0
Emission permits 14
Levies on stocks of petroleum products 5
Fuel tax 0
Total transport-related taxes 127
Passenger car and motorcycle registr.tax 19
Motor vehicle tax 105
Air travel tax 3
Total taxes/levies on polluting activiti 222
Wastewater treatment charge 10
Sewerage charges 26
Waste taks 27
Waste disposal charges (State) 9
Packaging tax 150
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 -83
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) Total environmental taxes and levies 285
Total energy-related taxes 166
Excise duties petrol and oth. minerals 105
Energy tax 60
Sustainable energy surcharge 0
Emission permits 0
Levies on stocks of petroleum products 1
Fuel tax 0
Total transport-related taxes 30
Passenger car and motorcycle registr.tax 9
Motor vehicle tax 18
Air travel tax 3
Total taxes/levies on polluting activiti 89
Wastewater treatment charge 6
Sewerage charges 12
Waste taks 7
Waste disposal charges (State) 5
Packaging tax 59
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
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