ZELENI POREZI – EVROPSKA ISKUSTVA I PRAKSA U SRBIJI
GREEN TAXES – EUROPEAN EXPERIENCES AND PRACTICE IN SERBIA

Author(s): Gordana Ilić-Popov, Dejan Popović
Subject(s): Economy, Energy and Environmental Studies, EU-Legislation
Published by: Finrar d.o.o Banja Luka
Keywords: environmental policy; ecological taxes; European Union; green economy; green taxes;
Summary/Abstract: “Green economy” has become one of the priority issues in policy and public debates in recent years due to global economic crises and growing awareness on humanity’s negative impact on the environment. The economic growth which is based on ever-increasing consumption of finite resources and emission of pollutants cannot be sustained in existing ecosystems. Environmental taxes play an important role in a “green economy”, internalizing the external costs imposed to the third parties due to harmful polluters’ activities. The authors point to four basic groups of the environmental taxes in the European Union (energy taxes, transportation taxes, pollution taxes and taxes on natural resources). Progress in achieving the goals of improving the quality of the environment by using the green taxes can be reported through the share of these taxes in the gross domestic product of the European Union. Authors present two main environmental charges existing in Serbia, which are expected to better accomplish eco goals in the years to come.

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