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Law No. 20571 on environmental taxation (carbon tax)

2014MitigationLegislativeLawMore details
Sectors: Transport
As part of a comprehensive tax reform, two new types of green taxes have been introduced, one of which is an annual tax on emissions from fixed sources, which takes into account the global damage due to climate change (CO2 emissions) from 'fixed sources made up of boilers and turbines with a thermal power greater or equal to 50MW'.

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