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1. 1. Designing environmental taxes to promote biofuels from a State aid perspective: The impact of the Energy Taxation Directive on assessing selectivity of the Swedish and Finnish energy taxation systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Torbjörn Schiebe; [2019]
   Keywords : State aid; Selectivity; Environmental taxes; Energy Taxation Directive; Biofuels; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : To comply with the Paris Agreement and to deal with the threat caused by climate change, the Swedish Parliament has set ambitious targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. For the transport sector, which accounts for 30 % of total GHG emissions, a milestone target is to reduce GHG emission by 70 % by 2030 compared to 2010 (2030 goal). READ MORE

3. 2. The Directive on the Deployment of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure : An analysis of its effects on the market uptake of natural gas vehicles

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Karl Törnmarck; [2014]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; natural gas; transport; EU; microeconomics; policy; energy.; Hållbar utveckling; naturgas; transport; EU; mikroeconomi; policy; energi;

   Abstract : The EU transport sector is currently extremely dependent on foreign oil and the import bill for this fuel was in 2011 approximately € 210 billion. The European Commission (EC) claims that this dependency will eventually affect the member states’ economic security and mobility as oil is a finite resource. READ MORE