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Re French Carbon Tax: Decision No. 2009-599 DC of Dec. 29, 2009

Geography
🇫🇷 France
Year
0
Document Type
Litigation

About this case

Filing year
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Status
Law annulled
Geography
🇫🇷 France
Court/admin entity
France → Constitutional Council
Case category
Suits against governments (Global) → GHG emissions reduction and trading (Global) → Other (Global)
Principal law
France
At issue
Challenge to proposed French carbon tax

Documents

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Summary

French Constitutional Council annulled a tax on carbon emissions. The tax was set at 17 Euros per ton of carbon dioxide. The Council ruled that the proposed tax contained too many exemptions and would not have applied to 93% of industrial emissions.