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Sat 10 Oct 2009EU carbon tax plan to include transport sector
EU TAX commissioner Laszlo Kovacs has proposed a pan-European carbon tax on emissions that do not come within the ambit of the current emissions trading scheme.
At a meeting here of EU finance ministers and central bank chiefs, Mr Kovacs indicated that households would come within the framework of the plan, as well as the transport, agriculture and forestry sectors.
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