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Finnish Presidency of the EU Giving Focus to Energy Taxation Reform

12 September 2019

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Finland-European Union

The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union has announced that EU Finance Ministers will be discussing the possible revision of the EU energy taxation directive as part of broader discussions on climate change action during an informal meeting scheduled for 13 to 14 September 2019. The Presidency's position on the need for the revision of the energy taxation directive is provided in a separate release as follows: --- ENERGY TAXATION IN SUPPORT OF CLIMATE ACTION EU legislation on energy taxation needs to be revised to better support climate change mitigation and the functioning of the internal market....