Text file: 7216.txt
author: "Adolf \u0160penko"
downvotes: 7
end consideration date: 2016-02-10
id: '7216'
number comments: 3
number views: 2725
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Finance\nExcise duties on motor fuels are\
  \ laid down in the Excise Duties Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia\
  \ No 47/16) and the regulations adopted on the basis of the Act. In formulating\
  \ excise duty policy and setting the level of excise duty on diesel, the Government\
  \ of the Republic of Slovenia takes into account both economic policy objectives\
  \ and the economic situation, taking into account the limits set out in the legislation\
  \ adopted at the level of the European Union. The budgetary aspect is also taken\
  \ into account in the formulation of the excise duty policy, as diesel excise duties\
  \ are an important and stable source of revenue for the budget. The level of the\
  \ excise duty is the result of a consideration of an appropriate balance between\
  \ these factors.\nAccording to data from the Register of Vehicles and Documents,\
  \ at the end of 2016 there were almost 1 470 000 registered road vehicles in Slovenia.\
  \ At the end of 2016, 53% of registered passenger cars ran on petrol, 46% on diesel\
  \ and 1% on LPG. Alternative energy vehicles, i.e. electric and hybrid vehicles,\
  \ currently account for a very small share.\nGiven the current structure of the\
  \ vehicle fleet in Slovenia, the level of excise duties on diesel and petrol and\
  \ the current ratio between the two excise duties allow for a stable level of demand\
  \ for motor fuels and stable revenues from levies on both fuels. In view of the\
  \ above, we therefore consider that the measure to amend the increase in the excise\
  \ duty on diesel is not appropriate at this time, as such a measure would have a\
  \ direct negative impact on the revenue of the State budget. Caution is needed in\
  \ changing the level of excise duty, in particular as excise duties on motor fuels\
  \ are an important and stable budgetary resource at a time when the consolidation\
  \ of public finances is not yet complete.\nIn the field of excise duties, Slovenia\
  \ currently allows for a lower taxation of electricity, LPG and natural gas for\
  \ propulsion purposes, relative to the taxation of diesel and petrol, in order to\
  \ encourage the use of these alternative fuels for propulsion purposes. The price\
  \ of alternative fuels is thus significantly lower than that of diesel and petrol.\n\
  We would also point out that Slovenia already has measures in place to promote the\
  \ use of alternative fuels and vehicles. This year, at its 152nd regular session,\
  \ the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the \"Market Development Strategy\
  \ for the Establishment of an Appropriate Infrastructure for Alternative Fuels in\
  \ the Transport Sector in the Republic of Slovenia\". The Strategy, which focuses\
  \ on electric and hybrid vehicles and allows for the use of fossil fuel vehicles\
  \ that meet high standards and have a significantly lower negative impact on the\
  \ environment than the vehicles in use today, sets out frameworks for promoting\
  \ the use of alternative energy vehicles and for installing charging infrastructure\
  \ in order to achieve environmental objectives in transport. The proposals focus\
  \ on areas such as stimulating economic development, innovation and research in\
  \ the field of alternative fuels and their use, information and media strategies,\
  \ financial incentives and tax measures, removal of administrative barriers, changes\
  \ to legislation, vocational training and education, demonstration projects and\
  \ recommendations to local communities. The strategy sets out over 50 proposals\
  \ that, as an integrated system, can ensure that the objectives of promoting the\
  \ use of alternative fuels and the transport commitments are achieved.  \n "
response date: 2017-11-07
response due date: null
sent date: 2016-01-12
title: Diesel excise duty
upvotes: 14
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/7216
