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The Commission puts the environmental tax on flights, but not on the private jets of the rich! In the face of the social

The environmental policy of the European Commission increasingly resembles a super gift to the one percent richer in the face of yet another punishment for the rest of the population. The boom in the cost of bills, which affects the disadvantaged classes, is not enough, we will also have the gift of the super-tax on air fuel which, however, exempts private jets and cargo.

As Argusmedia reports, the European Commission has proposed to exempt private jets and cargo flights from the planned EU tax on jet fuel. A draft indicates that the tax will be phased in for passenger flights, including those carrying freight.

The draft, which the Commission will present on 14 July with its proposals to revise the 2003 Energy Tax Directive, indicates that there may be an exemption from taxation for energy products and electricity used for intra-air navigation. EU cargo-only flights. It proposes to allow EU states to tax such flights only at national level or under bilateral or multilateral agreements with other Member States.

The committee is concerned that fuel taxation for cargo-only flights would have a negative impact on EU carriers. Third-country carriers, even with a significant share of the intra-EU freight market, need to be exempt from taxation due to air services agreements, argues the Commission.

Private jets would benefit from an exemption through the classification of "business aviation" as the use of aircraft by companies for the transport of passengers or goods as an "aid in carrying out their business", if generally considered non-public rental. An additional exemption is granted for "pleasure" flights where an aircraft is used for "personal or recreational" purposes not associated with business or professional use.

So, to summarize:

  • freighters with elite products, such as the freshest, oyster and lobster style, would pay no fuel taxes;
  • the private jet flights of the wealthy, for business or pleasure, would pay no fuel taxes;
  • the poor people who fly crammed like sheep on Ryanair, Easyjet or similar flights, who often travel for work, would pay taxes on fuel.

We hope that the fresh oysters of Normandy go the wrong way to those who have studied this BAD European regulation which, as always, punishes the poor and rewards the rich.


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The article The Commission puts the environmental tax on flights, but not on the private jets of the rich! In the face of the social it comes from ScenariEconomici.it .


This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/la-commissione-mette-la-tassa-ambientale-sui-voli-ma-non-hai-jet-privati-dei-ricchi-alla-faccia-del-sociale/ on Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:48:41 +0000.