page_title: Kerosene tax
section_title: EU institutional efforts
hierarchical_section_title: Kerosene tax / Efforts to introduce kerosene taxation / EU institutional efforts
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Frans Timmermans auf der Europadelegiertenkonferenz der SPD am 9. Dezember 2018 in Berlin, Willy-Brandt-Haus
context_page_description: The kerosene tax is an ecotax on the kerosene-based jet fuel in commercial aviation, which can be levied within and by the European Union. The legal basis for it is the Energy Taxation Directive of 27 October 2003, which proves the member states with the option of introducing a tax on turbine fuel for commercial domestic flights and flights between member states.
  However, as of 2018, commercial kerosene consumption is currently tax exempt under the legislation of all member states of the European Union – with the exception of the Netherlands.
context_section_description: The French government wanted to propose a Europe-wide flight tax at the meeting of EU transport ministers on 6 June 2019 in Luxembourg. This tax could be added to airline tickets and kerosene, or levied through changes in EU emissions trading. However, since taxation restricted to the EU area jeopardizes the competitiveness of the airlines concerned, because airlines from third countries could then enter the market all the more with cheap tickets, the proposal was not implemented and the topic would remain "on the agenda" for global discussion. In November 2019, the Finance Ministers of Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden presented a joint statement calling on the European Commission, more specifically European Commissioner for Climate Action Frans Timmermans, to introduce EU-wide taxes on aviation so as to charge the entire aviation industry more for its emissions and pollution, and put all member states on level pegging. Citing the fact that aviation causes around 2.5% of global CO2 emissions, the Ministers proposed both uniform air passenger taxes as well as kerosene taxes (both excise duties and VAT).
caption: Frans Timmermans: 'I'm personally a proponent of a kerosene tax.'[20]
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