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Free Trade Agreement between Iceland and Faroe Islands
The free trade agreement between the Faroe Islands and Iceland came in April 2006. The agreement extends the scope of cooperation between the two countries to the free movement of all goods, services, capital and persons, in effect creating a Faroese - Icelandic common market.…
Free Trade Agreement between China and Iceland
The free trade agreement between China and Iceland entered into force in 2014. It provides for the reduction or elimination of import tariffs on most industrial and energy sector products, including : Electric motors, turbines and generators; Mechanical equipment including…
Expansion and Extension of FDI Screening regime till mid-2025
Poland introduced a new law on the promotion of investments in 2018. Under which, income tax exemption shall be available for a period between 10 to 15 years for projects that increase production capacities, production diversification or substantial change in the production…
Foreign Investment Reliability Assessment Act 639 SE
The Foreign Investment Reliability Assessment Act adopted by the Estonian Parliament on 25 Jan 2023 came into force on 2 Sep 2023. The aim of the act is to screen both direct and indirect investment from non-EU investors who own more than 10% of the undertaking share capital or…
Update of Investment Security Test Act
The Dutch foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening regime was entered into force on 1 Jun 2023, introducing a mandatory and suspensory screening regime for direct and indirect investments by both EU and non-EU investors in the Netherlands. The act complements existing…
Investment Screening Act
The Danish Business Authority administered the Danish Investment Screening Act which was entered into force on July 2021, to be applicable for foreign direct investments entering after 1 Sep 2021. The act applies to foreign enterprise possessing or controlling over at least 10…
Law on Protection from the Negative Impacts of Climate Change - Montenegro ETS
Montenegro’s cap and trade ETS applies to CO2 emissions from Power, Refining, Iron and Steel, Non-ferrous metals, Cement, Glass, Ceramics, Pulp and Paper. In practice, this applies to three installations. Permits are allocated for free, with any remainder within the cap to be…
General Law of Climate Change - Mexico pilot ETS
The Mexican ETS, the first in Latin America, started in January 2020. It covers direct CO2 emissions from fixed sources in the energy and industry sectors emitting at least 100,000 tCO2 per year, covering around 40% of national GHG emissions and 90% of emissions reported in the…
Decree 441/021 - Uruguay CO2 tax
In June 2021, a draft bill presented to parliament included a proposal for a carbon tax on gasoline, indicating an initial carbon rate of UYU 5,286 per tonne CO2. The draft bill intended to replace part of the existing fuel excise charges applied to gasoline through the Specific…
2011 Tax Code - Ukraine carbon tax
The Ukraine carbon tax was introduced in the Ukrainian Tax Code as a part of environmental tax on air pollution from stationary sources. Source: World Bank Carbon Pricing
2011 Budget - UK Carbon Price Support
The UK carbon price support tax aims to reduce revenue uncertainty and improve the economics for investment in low-carbon generation for the UK electricity generation sector. The carbon price support tax was introduced because the EU allowances price has not been stable, certain…
Regulation on environmental levy for air pollution with carbon dioxide emissions
Slovenia introduced in 1997 an environment tax to tacke air pollution resulting from CO2 emissions. The government initially set the price per unit of load at one tolar per unit of
Law No. 82-D/2014 - Green Tax Reform
The Portugal carbon tax is an excise tax under the special taxes on consumption (Codigo dos Impostos Especiais de Consumo). The tax rate is determined annually based on the average EU ETS allowance in the preceding year. For EU ETS-covered coal generators their carbon tax rate…
Mexico carbon tax
The Mexican carbon tax is an excise tax under the special tax on production and services (Ley del Impuesto Especial sobre Producción y Servicios). The tax applies to the sale throughout the national territory or the import of fossil fuels, with the exemption of natural gas. It…
Law on the Reduction of CO2 Emissions - CO2 levy
The Liechtenstein carbon tax was implemented in line with bilateral treaty that requires Liechtenstein to adopt Swiss federal legislation on environmental taxes to maintain equivalent competitive conditions. The share of revenues calculated to be attributable to fuel use by…
Natural Resources Tax Law - Latvia carbon tax
The Latvia carbon tax (official name: Nodoklis par oglekla dioksida emisiju) is part of the Natural Resources Tax Law (Dabas resursu nodokļa likums), which aims to promote economically efficient use of natural resources, to restrict pollution of the environment, to reduce…
Tax for climate change mitigation
The Japan carbon tax (official name: Tax for Climate Change Mitigation) aims to put an economy-wide and fair burden for the use of all fossil fuels based on their CO2 content to realize a decarbonized society and strengthen climate change mitigation. Source: World Bank Carbon…
Law on environmental and natural resources taxes
The Iceland carbon tax (official name: Kolefnisgjald á kolefni af jarðefnauppruna) is part of the Environmental and Resource tax. The tax was introduced as part of the government's tax reform on vehicles and fuels to encourage the use of environment-friendly vehicles, save…
2014 budget law No. 2013-1278 - France carbon tax
The French carbon tax (Contribution Climat-Énergie or CCE) is attached to the domestic excise taxes on energy consumption (taxes intérieures sur la consommation des produits énergétiques, d’électricité et de gaz), increasing their overall rate. These excise taxes are added to…
Environmental Charges Act - Estonia carbon tax
The Estonia carbon tax is part of the Environmental Charges Act (Keskkonnatasude seadus), which aims to limit environmental pollution. The tax strengthens and complements incentives created under the EU ETS, adding additional carbon costs to thermal generators and capturing some…
Act n°888 on carbon dioxide tax
The Denmark carbon tax (official name: CO2-afgift) was introduced to increase the profile of climate change and provide an economic incentive to consume less energy from carbon-intensive sources. It was introduced gradually as part of a larger environmental tax package, which…
Law 20780 on incorporating tax measures - Chile carbon tax
The Chile carbon tax is a part of the tax on air emissions from contaminating compounds (impuesto destinado a gravar las emisiones al aire de compuestos contaminantes or ‘impuesto verde’), aiming to reduce the negative impacts of fossil fuel use for the environment and public…
Law 27.430 on taxing Liquid Fuels and Carbon Dioxide
The government of Argentina implemented a carbon tax (impuesto al dióxido de carbono) on January 1, 2018 for most liquid fuels, replacing previous fuel taxes. The carbon tax is also levied on some solid products (mineral coal and petroleum coke). Although the Law that created…
FDI Act
The FDI Act, implemented by the Swedish Parliament, entered into force on 1 Dec 2023, . The FDI Act requires screening of foreign direct investments that may pose threat to Sweden's national security, public order or public safety. This includes essential services,…
Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2023
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2023 amended the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, with the aim of strengthening the exploration and extraction of critical minerals essential for India's economic development and…
Funding to clean up orphan or inactive oil & gas wells to create employment and reduce methane emissions
The Canadian Government is providing up to $1.72 billion CAD to the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, and to the Alberta Orphan Well Association, to clean up orphan and inactive oil and gas wells. The government estimates this will help maintain…
Incentives for rooftop solar (Solar PV rebate scheme)
Providing incentives to support the residential and commercial rooftop solar, Switzerland has offered to increase financial support through rebates by another CHF 46 million and by limiting waiting time for encouraging subsidies for PVs. This support can be detailled in two…
Emissions Reduction Fund
The Canadian Government is providing up to $750 million CAD to create a new Emissions Reduction Fund to support workers and reduce emissions in Canada's oil and gas sector, with a focus on methane. This funding will assist firms that are preparing to make changes to comply with…
Tunisian Investment Fund subsidies - Decree 2017-389, Art. 3
On 2017, Tunisian Investment fund (FTI) announced subsidies for renewable energy projects according to Decree 2017-389, Art. 3 . The subsidies aim to promote and attract renewable energy investments in Tunisia. The subsidies included the following financial incentives: Equity…
Defense Production Act
The US Congress adopted the Defense Production Act in 1950 to provide authorities to the President to ensure the supply of materials and services necessary for national defense. Under the Act, the President has access to an array of different actions. The main focus is on…
Memorandum on Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended
In March 2022, President Joseph Biden Jr. invoked the Defense Production Act with this presidential determination on the subject of critical mineral production and supply. The memorandum, pursuant to the Defense Production Act, emphasises the importance of sustainable and…
Foreign Trade Product T-MEC - Oil & Gas
The T-MEC - Oil & Gas credit scheme, led by the Mexican National Foreign Trade Bank (Bancomext), seeks to promote financing for energy projects, including electricity, upstream, and midstream. Among the companies that are eligible to receive credits from the program are national…
Foreign Trade Product T-MEC - Mining
The T-MEC - Mining credit scheme, led by the Mexican National Foreign Trade Bank (Bancomext), seeks to support the long-term sustainable development of the mining sector export chain. Among the companies that are eligible to receive credits from the program are those companies…
Prohibition of the export of nickel ore
Through successive policies implemented between 2009 and 2019, the Indonesian government has, as of late April 2022, progressively banned the export of nickel ore, requiring nickel to be processed domestically for export. The export of nickel ore was first outlawed as early as…
Foreign Trade Product T-MEC - Pro Electrical Electronic
The T-MEC - Pro Electrical Electronic credit scheme, led by the Mexican National Foreign Trade Bank (Bancomext), seeks to strengthen the value chain of the electrical and electronic industry. Among the companies that are eligible to receive credits from the program are those…
T-MEC Foreign Trade Product - Bancomext
Impulse T-MEC is a credit scheme promoted by the Mexican National Foregin Trade Bank (Bancomex). The objective of the programme is to help all sizes firms by granting short, medium and long-term loans to its participants to foster exportations within the Mexico-United…
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 - Petroleum Exploration and Production in Ireland
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications made the political commitment to ban licences for new oil and natural gas exploration in 2019. The legislation was included in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Amendment Bill in 2021. The Minister gave effect to this…
Denmark’s oil and gas exploration ban
In December 2020 the Danish government reached an agreement with a broad majority in the Danish Parliament to phase out fossil fuel extraction in the country by 2050, starting with the cancelation of its 8th licensing round as well as all future bid rounds. North Sea production…
EU-US negotiations on trade in steel and aluminum
The European Union and the United States announced that they have reached an agreement to ease tariffs on steel and aluminium and to address carbon intensity and overcapacity at a global scale. The interim arrangement will eliminate US punitive duties imposed on EU-origin steel…
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 reducing CO2 Emissions from Heavy duty vehicles
The first-ever EU-wide CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, adopted in 2019, set targets for reducing the average emissions from new lorries for 2025 and 2030. The Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 setting CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles entered into force on…
Economic Association Agreement - Japan and Mexico
Mexico and Japan signed the Economic Association Agreement on September 2004. The agreement finally entered into force on April 1 2005. For Mexico, was the first trade agreement signed with a country of the Asian region. It covers most of the industrial products through HS…
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Community Partner Projects
Two projects were selected under Area 3 of the 2016 Vehicle Technologies Multi-topic funding opportunity announcement. These projects were awarded in 2017 and will significantly accelerate the use of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles that operate on alternative fuels, as…
Fuel economy standard - two and three wheelers
China mandates fuel consumption standards for both two- and three-wheeled vehicles. Updated standards came into effect on July 1, 2020. Standards for two wheelers range between 1.8-6.8 L/100km (separate by manual vs. automatic) Standards for three wheelers range between…
Vehicle energy efficiency labelling program
The Undersecretariat of Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency of the Ministry of Energy Government together with the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development carry out the program of standardization and labeling of energy efficiency. Since 2016, they worked in…
Greece National Climate Act - ICE Sales Ban
As part of its National Climate Law enacted in May 2022, new passenger and light commercial vehicles registered from 1 Jan 2030 onwards in Greece have to be zero-emission
Free Trade Agreement between United Kingdom and the States of the European Free Trade Association
The free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Switzerland entered into force on 1 Jan 2021. It provides preferential border tariff treatment to most industrial products, including most energy products including: Electric motors, turbines and generators; Mechanical…
Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and the States of the European Free Trade Association
The free trade agreement between Ukraine and the European Free Trade Association States ("EFTA"), involving Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, was signed on 24 June 2010 and entered into force on 1 Jun 2012. It covers most energy products and its constituents…
Free Trade Agreement between Serbia and the States of the European Free Trade Association
The free trade agreement between Serbia and the European Free Trade Association States ("EFTA"), involving Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, was signed on 17 December 2009. The Agreement entered into force on 1 October 2010 for Serbia, Liechtenstein and…
Free Trade Agreement between Montenegro and the States of the European Free Trade Association
The free trade agreement between Montenegro and the European Free Trade Association States ("EFTA"), involving Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, was signed on 14 November 2011. The agreement entered into force on 1 September 2012 for Montenegro, Liechtenstein and…
Free Trade Agreement between Georgia and the States of the European Free Trade Association
The free trade agreement between Georgia and the European Free Trade Association States ("EFTA"), involving Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, was signed on 17 December 2009. The Agreement entered into force on 1 September 2017 for Georgia, Iceland and Norway and 1…