NL: Higher CO2 tax for greenhouse horticulture not ruled out

The ' Convenant energietransitie glastuinbouw 2022 - 2030 ' ( Energy Transition Covenant for Greenhouse Horticulture 2022 - 2030 ) will continue to guide the Dutch console ’s policy . However , the Dutch cabinet is also carry out extra measures and may introduce more next spring . This is despite research indicating that these measures are unnecessary to accomplish the set CO2 targets .

Theresearchwas channel by the consulting house Berenschot and Kalavasta , and is admit in the Budget Memorandum . It show that reach the 2030 climate target agreed in the compact is guaranteed with the levy of the CO2 sector system and the government ’s fiscal measurement , as industry body Glastuinbouw Nederland underscore in theirresponse following Budget Dayin the Netherlands . Together , the CO2 sector pricing and energy tax amount to a charge of € 98 per long ton of CO2 emissions .

If the cabinet decides to implement additional energy measure , such as include glasshouse gardening in the European Carbon Emissions Trading System ( ETS-2 ) and introducing a green gasoline shading certificate of indebtedness , the full charges could rise to around € 200 per short ton of CO2 emissions , according to Berenschot . This is over € 100 per ton more than the € 98 per ton of CO2 emission that Berenschot ’s research indicates is sufficient to encounter the objective .

€ 40 per short ton of CO2 emissions"These unnecessary charge reduce the investing electrical capacity of Dutch glasshouse gardening entrepreneurs , block the get-up-and-go changeover , and seem to be a goal in themselves rather than a means to attain sustainability , " says Adri Bom - Lemstra , electric chair of Glastuinbouw Nederland . " While the government is considering overcompensate cultivator , we still have to wait and see if such a scheme will be in force . The Berenschot study clearly shows that the collection of measures is extravagant . "

The researchers recommend value the charge rate every two geezerhood . A rate of € 15 per long ton of CO2 in 2030 should meet the emission mark . However , the researchers highlight some dubiety . They carry on a sensitiveness analysis to illustrate these uncertainties , including gridiron congestion . This analytic thinking suggest that , depending on the circumstances , the accusation could demand to be adjusted by as much as € 40 per ton of CO2 , either higher or humiliated .

With the Berenschot report in mitt , Glastuinbouw Nederland hopes that a postponement will run to a cancellation .

Finger on the pulseThe recently published duty survey was already remark last year as anew deadlineto keep an oculus on last year , following the House of Representatives ' approval of the taxation law . The latter included a longer phase - out period for the reduced pace for nursery horticulture . The duty work for the CO2 tax is referenced in the amendment that was adopted at that time . Another amendment also includes a review point in time for last twelvemonth ’s CHP touchstone .

" The review point is important to assure that funds are returned to the sphere if it turn out that the revenues from the mensuration are high than necessary to meet the agreed discharge target , " explained Jesse Schevel of Glastuinbouw Nederland last year . The target is lay at 4.3 megatons by 2030 . By 2040 , the nursery horticulture sector will be the first in the Netherlands to attain climate disinterest .

The review dot is also a room for politician to keep a close spotter on the sector , which has important sustainability ambition . The cabinet support these efforts by allocating subsidies . " Without financial bill , those financial motivator in the strain of subsidies for sustainability would not materialize , " the lobbyist emphasise .