Text file: 3207.txt
author: Jan Stefe
downvotes: 5
end consideration date: 2012-06-23
id: '3207'
number comments: 17
number views: 4319
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Finance\nExcise duties on motor fuel are\
  \ set out in Article 54 of the Law on Excise Duties (Official Gazette of the Republic\
  \ of Slovenia, No 97/10-UPB8, 48/12), while the Government is empowered by law to\
  \ amend these amounts in order to implement the outlined economic policy. It may\
  \ reduce or increase the excise duty by up to 50%, but may not set the excise duty\
  \ lower than the minimum set by European regulations - in this case Council Directive\
  \ 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation\
  \ of energy products and electricity (the Energy Directive). The Government of the\
  \ Republic of Slovenia pursues an excise duty policy in such a way as to ensure\
  \ that the prices of excisable products are competitive compared to those of neighbouring\
  \ countries. This is based on developments on the oil markets or world stock exchanges\
  \ and takes into account the economic situation, budgetary needs and environmental\
  \ policy, with the aim of maintaining price stability for energy products.\nThe\
  \ distinction between the level of excise duty on petrol and gas oil for motor fuels\
  \ stems from the Energy Directive itself, which sets the minimum excise duty on\
  \ petrol at a higher amount than on gas oil for motor fuels. Other EU Member States\
  \ also tax gas oil lower than petrol.\nSlovenia's unilateral decision to equalise\
  \ excise duties on petrol and gas oil for motor fuels is not feasible in the current\
  \ economic situation, given the government's efforts to ensure stable budget revenues\
  \ and thus fiscal consolidation, but would also have a negative impact on fuel prices\
  \ and thus on the competitiveness of our economy. In order to maintain competitiveness,\
  \ the proposed change in the policy on taxation of motor fuels should be implemented\
  \ more broadly, at EU level. The trend in the European Union is to increase and\
  \ harmonise excise duties throughout the internal market, and to include an environmental\
  \ component and therefore to restructure them. In fact, in recent years, the profession\
  \ has concluded that gas oil is no more environmentally friendly than petrol. This\
  \ finding should also be reflected in taxation, as expressed in the proposal under\
  \ consideration.\n "
response date: 2012-07-23
response due date: null
sent date: 2012-05-25
title: Equalisation of excise duties on motor fuels
upvotes: 16
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/3207
