Announcement
04 Nov 2015
On 11 August 2016, the European Commission decided not to raise objections against a scheme to reduce the domestic tax rate on final electricity consumption notified by the French government in November 2015. The measure constitutes a selective rebate. The annual amount of tax reduction caused by the measure amounts to approximately 1.4 billion EUR for the years 2016-2025.
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Implementation date
01 Jan 2016
Revocation date:
31 Dec 2025
Announced: 04 Nov 2015
Tax or social insurance relief
According to France, "The objective of the tax [selective rebate] is to reduce energy consumption. The aim of TICFE as an environmental tax is to increase the costs of environmentally harmful behavior...
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