Excise Tax Reduction for Biofuels

The Act of 10 June 2006 concerning biofuels reduces the excise duties on diesel oil containing at least 3.37 % biodiesel and on gasoline containing at least 7 % ethanol of non-chemical nature. Furthermore, this Act allows the regional public transport companies to use a higher exempted percentage of biofuels. The Royal Decree of 10 March 2006 (BS/Mb of 20 March 2006) fixes the general conditions for the exemption of excise duties for pure rapeseed GN-code 1514 (see Article 32 of the Planning Act of 11 July 2005, modified by the Planning Act of 27 December 2005).

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