lpg taxes

Tax incentives for biofuels by 2012


The tax advantage for biodiesel and vegetable oil is from 1 August reduced in stages from 2006 to 2012. The German Parliament has adopted a corresponding energy tax law.
In this scheme, the coalition parties had on 28 June agreed.

When vegetable oil is the only tax in 2008. The agriculture and forestry used in biofuels will remain exempt from the fuel tax.

Federal Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer welcomed the agreement. You create planning security for the future market of biofuels.

Tax rates remain the same

The new regulation replaces existing fuel tax from the law. The tax rates do not change. What is new is that brown coal and coke in future be taxed, Coal. However, all energy products are used for power generation, from tax-exempt.

LPG is still favored to 2018.

Blending mandatory in future

The coalition agreement provided for in incorporation rate of biofuels with fossil fuels (blending obligation) is regulated separately later. This is the oil industry be required to fossil fuels to mix certain amounts of biofuels. This blending ratio will reduce the existing tax losses.

Taxes on oil, coal and gas to be harmonized

Biodiesel in its pure form and blended with fossil fuel with the current tax-free "significantly" over-supported.

In addition, all energy products in Europe will be taxed uniformly as possible. This reduces distortion and creates greater incentives for efficient energy consumption.

The new energy tax law is so in the future for almost all energy products: gasoline, diesel and heating oil, natural gas, LPG ​​and biofuels. Except for wood and peat.

The federal government comes to their obligation under the European Energy Directive of 27 2003 in German law to implement October.


Biodiesel tax rates tax rates vegetable oil
01.08.2006 until 2007: 9 cents / liter 2006-2007: 0 cents / liter
2008: 15 cents / liter 2008: 10 cents / liter
2009: 21 cents / liter 2009: 18 cents / liter
2010: 27 cents / liter 2010: 26 cents / liter
2011: 33 cents / liter 2011: 33 cents / liter
2012: 45 cents / liter 2012: 45 cents / liter