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All Western European Countries Will Have CO2-Related Car Taxation This Year; European Auto Industry Urges Harmonization of Schemes

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Romania was the first and so far only Eastern European Member State to introduce CO 2 -related taxation last year as part of a more comprehensive overhaul of vehicle taxation in the country. ACEA provides an overview of the CO 2 -based vehicle taxes here.

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European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

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practices on the worldwide biodiesel market—specifically, on the part of US biodiesel producers. illustrated by the case of Romania, where biodiesel. Differential Export Taxes (DET) maintain a large differential between an export tax on crude soybean oil of. emerging part of an iceberg of around 4 million tons of.

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Whatever Happened to the Population Bomb?

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Shrinking population together with a higher average age erodes the tax base, raises infrastructure costs, and leads to social isolation, as settlements dwindle and die. Or look at the forlorn places not far from Bucharest, Romania's capital, where all but a few young people have left for Western Europe and the TFR is below 1.4.

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