Poland to introduce a new fuel tax

The Ministry of Energy is planning to introduce new fuel emissions charge set at PLN 0.08 per liter. According to the office, the new tax will not result in “direct” growth of retail prices. “Introduction of the emission should not result in the direct increase in prices for retail clients,” the ministry said. Poland seeks to raise PLN 1.7 billion annually from the proposed charge which will be spent on fighting air pollution. The money will be earmarked for “initiatives related to the development of electromobility (ie vehicles powered by electricity) as well as transport based on alternative fuels, including CNG, LNG. The fund's revenues will include, inter alia, receipts from the substitution fee, which so far they have been transferred to the state-run environmental fund NFOŚiGW and part of the targeted subsidy from the state budget as part of the excise tax revenue,” the ministry said.