Wednesday, December 30, 2009

French court throws out Sarkozy’s carbon tax


http://www.smh.com.au/environment/court-throws-out-sarkozys-carbon-tax-20091230-ljyq.html  
PARIS: France's new carbon emission tax, due to have gone into effect tomorrow, has been ruled illegal by the country's constitutional court because it exempted too many polluters.

The Conseil Constitutionnel struck down the tax on Tuesday because the exemptions breached ''the principle of [tax] equality''.

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