Excise Tax Reduction for Biofuels

Country	Belgium
Year Implemented	2006
Policy Status	In force
Date Announced	2006
Date Effective	10 June 2006
Agency	•Federal Public Service of Finance
Policy Type	•Financial   •Taxes and Tax Incentives     •Tax Reduction
Policy Target	•Bioenergy   •Biofuels for Transport
Policy Sector	•Transport
Description	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).
URL	minfin.fgov.be/
Legal References	Act of 10 June 2006|Royal Decree of 10 March 2006|Royal Decree of 27 October 2006