EU to consider plastic tax to plug gap in post-Brexit budget

The EU can reduce the waste and tax the plastic packaging to fill the gap in the budget left by Brexit

The European Commission - EU Enforcement Department - Budget officials said they will consider whether taxes should be taxed in the manufacture, use or disposal of packaging.

We also analyze whether we should exempt wrapping necessary for hygiene and safety.

The withdrawal of the UK is estimated to leave a permanent loophole in the budget, which is about 12 to 1.3 billion euros ($ 12 billion to $ 120 billion, $ 14 billion to $ 160 billion).

The UK is one of the ten Member States and they will pay more than their budget in the EU budget. Only France and Germany are contributing more

Mr. GüntherOettinger, a budget officer, said he needed to fill 50% of spending cuts (which may affect some major plans) and 50% of new funding.

East side countries of the poor pre communist do not want Western countries, net donors to give more money, while saying they should not cut subsidies they receive.

The taxation of plastic packaging was proposed as a source of new funds. Oettinger said that this will also help reduce the amount of plastic used in Europe.

Mr. Oettinger also suggested that the EU should receive revenue from the emissions trading scheme that was designed to curb global warming and is currently being offered to member countries.

According to Reuters, the Finance Minister of the Eurozone, Euro Group Finance Director, Mr. Mario Centrino said that corporate tax, value added tax, energy tax, transportation tax, etc. could be considered.

The European Commission will announce its proposal in May and the EU leaders and the European Parliament will make recommendations. Agreement on budget is required by May 2019.

Environmentalists believe there may be a contradiction between the battle against EU cash after Brexit and the global environmental protection efforts to remove plastics. If taxes are considered a way to make money, if they are successfully reducing the use of plastics, this can cause long-term conflicts - a tax cut over time

The negotiations on the next multi-year financial framework (MFF), 2021 - 27 budget is very sensitive to the British Brexit leaving a small EU vulnerability of £ 10 billion annually. Some people propose raising taxes to fill the gap, others have many visible budget items such as common agricultural policies. The growing discord between Member States is urging appeals in Germany and other countries as budgets are used to punish countries that do not respect the rule of law. Poland and Hungary (perhaps two possible targets) may reduce funds but it is actually a domestic problem

Earlier this year, European Budget Human Resources Committee Mr. Ettinger announced "Plastic Tax". The plastic strategy announced shortly thereafter indicates that the feasibility of the plan has not been evaluated yet. The proposal submitted yesterday did not mention the European plastic tax. This proposal completely ignores this and does not lead to the reduction of the use of plastic and the processing of plastic soup. The focus on reducing plastic has changed from production to recycling. Plastic manufacturers can simply continue to make it. Who will pay for the plastic? Taxpayers, not producers, are responsible for this plastic. In addition, the packaging is only 40% of the total plastic

Following the footprints of Scotland and Wales, a plastic bag tax (5 pence / bag) for all disposable plastic bags was introduced in the UK in October 2015. These regulations comply with directives and other changes on the EU packaging and packaging waste revised in 2015 to set targets for reducing the use of disposable plastic bags and the latest waste plastic waste Represents a prevention program. Comments on Wales' plastic bag tax indicate that this policy can stimulate several changes and the proportion of disposable plastic bags used in Wales will decrease by 71% between 2011 and 2014 Did.