Country
France
Status
Decided
Sources
Sabin Center
Reference number
No. 2009-599 DC
Tagging
Climate Change
Abstract

French Constitutional Council annulled a tax on carbon emissions. The tax was set at 17 Euros per ton of carbon dioxide. The Council ruled that the proposed tax contained too many exemptions and would not have applied to 93% of industrial emissions.

Key environmental legal questions

Challenge to proposed French carbon tax