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This proposal for a directive on the taxation of energy products and electricity lays down that the rate of tax on a given product will combine the tax linked to CO
emissions and that based on energy content. Beyond that, the Member States will be free to set their own rates of taxation, above the threshold levels imposed by the EU, and to work out their own taxation structure, reproducing the ratio between the minimum rates of taxation for the various energy sources. Given the continuous trend towards increased prices of final energy carriers, the energy taxation framework being proposed here, against a backdrop of continued neoliberal policies in this sector, will not fail to penalise consumers in general as well as the countries with less competitive economies, which currently already have serious competitiveness problems due to production-input costs relating to their specific situations. We are bound to express our concern at this. Environmental objectives should certainly be pursued and deepened, but within the framework of a different socioeconomic structure that puts this strategic sector in state hands, at the service of the public."@en1
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