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Forum Finanz: Ecological Tax I - A key to sustainability and competitiveness

The use of market-based instruments becomes increasingly important in climate and energy policy. In this respect the implementation of the EU Energy Tax Directive and the EU missions Trading Directive were the first major steps on the European level. In view of the post-Kyoto period, the European Council has already foreseen a review of the Energy Tax Directive at its meeting in spring 2008 in order to bring it more in line with the EU’s energy and climate objectives.

The new European Commission is expected to put an according proposal forward at the beginning of 2010. In general terms, market-based instruments play a key role in EU policies that aim at a sustainable, prosperous and competitive European Union. Hereby, Ecological Tax Reforms can make a considerable contribution, bringing benefits not only to the environment but also to the employment and the economy as a whole.

This event will look at the various effects of Ecological Tax Reforms in Europe and discuss the options for their successful implementation. In the first part, an overview of the results of studies conducted in Europe will be provided, whereby special attention will be devoted to their effects on competitiveness. In the second part, experiences from the implementation of Ecological Tax Reforms in Sweden will be presented.

Das Bundesministerium für Finanzen lädt im Zusammenwirken mit dem Institut für Finanzwissenschaft und Steuerrecht und dem Ökosozialen Forum am

Donnerstag, den 29. Oktober 2009
um 17.00 Uhr
Bundesministerium für Finanzen
Hintere Zollamtsstraße 2b
1030 Wien

zu der Veranstaltung Ecological Tax I - A key to sustainability and competitiveness ein.

Chair:	Klemens Riegler
	Executive Secretary, Ecosocial Forum
Introduction:	Heinrich Treer
	Director General – DG VI -Tax Policy and Tax Law, Ministry of Finance, Austria
Presentation:	Susanne Åkerfeldt
	Senior Advisor, Division for Value Added Tax and Excise Duties, Ministry of Finance, Sweden
	Stefan Speck
	Senior Consultant - International Consulting Kommunalkredit Public Consulting GmbH