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Factsheet: Finance act - Climate Change Levy
Finance act - Climate Change Levy
Key Information
Country/Region:
European Union
›
UNITED KINGDOM
Description:
The Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a climate protection tax in the Finance Act, which is levied on the consumption of electricity from non-renewable sources by commercial and industrial final consumers and the public sector. It provides fiscal benefits for the use of electricity from renewable sources. Electricity from renewable sources is exempt from this tax .
Goal/Aim:
stimulate renewable electricity
Type (and subtype) :
Economic/financial instruments
›
Tax Reduction
Sector/Topic targeted:
Taxation and Trade
Energy
Status:
In force
Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives
Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:
Not Relevant
Building a strong research, development and innovation base:
Not Relevant
Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:
Not Relevant
Building competitive biobased industries:
Not Relevant
Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:
Not Relevant
Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:
Not Relevant
Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:
Not Relevant
Availability of financial resources:
Not Relevant
Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:
Not Relevant
Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:
Not Relevant
Contact References
Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):
Finance Act 2000, 2013 Amendment
Links:
http://www.res-legal.eu/search-by-country/united-kingdom/single/s/res-e/t/promot...
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/17/contents
Responsible Authority:
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
Contact of Responsible Authority:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/index.htm
Completed by:
VITO
Completed on:
March, 2014
Acknowledgement:
RES-LEGAL
Advanced Information
Feedstock type targeted:
Agriculture/Horticulture
Aqua/Marine/Fishing (including algae)
Forestry
Industry byproducts
Landscape care
Waste
Product type targeted:
Electricity
Combined Heat and Power
Value Chain:
Conversion / transformation / processing
Distribution/sales
End use/markets
Year Instrument & Measure Started:
2000
Year Last Instrument & Measure was last Amended:
2013
