Interest group protests over environmental tax on biofuels (SE)
EU legislative interpretation that prevents Sweden from giving tax reductions on biofuels has caused protests from bioenergy interest groups as well as transportation sector.
| Ongoing conflict? | yes |
| Conflict type | Bioenergy governance conflicts |
| Resources | biofuel |
| Issues | 1 economical, 2 social, 3 ecological, 4 cultural |
| Keywords | tax, biofuel, Sweden, transportation |
| References | http://www.bussmagasinet.se/2015/05/regeringens-straffskatt-ger-okade-utslapp/ |
| Start date | 2015 |
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| Reason(s) for conflict | EU interpretation over competition legislation causing taxation actions by Swedish treasury leading to public protests. |
| Intensity | public debate |
| What are the stakeholders' conflicting values or interests | Swedish Bioenergy Association (Svebio) and Swedish bus companies are against the penalty taxes proposed by the government. In their opinion it will hinder the Swedish bioenergy targets set up by EU |
| Barriers for dialogue | Misinterpretation of EU directive by Swedish Government, in practice it means lower competitiveness of biofuels with fossil ones |
| Forums for dialogue | Joint dialog between government and other parties |
| Suggestions for conflict resolution / transformation | Constructive dialog and reasoning of the positions by interested parties |
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