energie rinnovabili
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EU, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: how it does work?
The European Commission released on 10.05.2023 a memo with “Questions and Answers: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)”. The second question is “How will the CBAM work?…” The answer is “…Designed in compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and other international obligations of the EU, the CBAM system will work as follows: • As from the CBAM’s entry into force in 2026, EU importers will buy carbon certificates corresponding to the carbon price that would have been paid, had the goods been produced under the EU’s carbon pricing rules; Conversely, once a non-EU producer can show that they have already paid a price for the carbon used in the production…
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European Court of Justice, VAT and device for charging electric vehicles
The Tenth Chamber of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) with its judgement of 20 April 2023 in case C-282 declared that the supply of the devices for recharging electric vehicles and its connected services, from a VAT standpoint, constitute a supply of goods. In particular, the “….Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, as amended by Council Directive 2009/162/EU of 22 December 2009, must be interpreted as meaning that a single complex supply which encompasses: – access to recharging devices for electric vehicles (including integration of the charger with the vehicle operating system); – the supply of electricity, within duly adjusted…
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CBAM and exemptions
CBAM (carbon border adjustment mechanism) will not apply to: goods of non-preferential origin (made in) in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway; low-value consignments up to EUR 150; certain military imports.
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EU, efuels and excises: some reflections and proposal
On 21 march 2023 Reuters reported: “…The European Commission has drafted a plan to allow sales of new cars with internal combustion engines after 2035 if they run only on climate neutral e-fuels, as it tries to resolve a spat with Germany over moves to phase out combustion engine cars. The draft proposal, seen by Reuters on Tuesday, suggests creating a new type of vehicle category in the European Union for cars that can only run on carbon neutral fuels….”. By waiting for the final regulation, it is interesting to think how the promotion of e-fuels can works with tax (excises) incentives. We studied how the production of efules can…
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Comunità energetiche rinnovabili (CER) e Corte Costituzionale
La Corte Costituzionale con sentenza n. 48/2023 del 9 febbraio 2023 si è espressa in materia di CER e incentivi regionali per realizzarle. In primo luogo ha rilevato che: le comunità di energia rinnovabile (CER) trovano specifica disciplina nell’art. 22 della direttiva (UE) 2018/2001 del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio, dell’11 dicembre 2018, sulla promozione dell’uso dell’energia da fonti rinnovabili (rifusione). In particolare, definisce le CER come un «soggetto giuridico: “… a) che, conformemente al diritto nazionale applicabile, si basa sulla partecipazione aperta e volontaria, è autonomo ed è effettivamente controllato da azionisti o membri che sono situati nelle vicinanze degli impianti di produzione di energia da fonti rinnovabili che…
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Green economy, accise e legge delega fiscale 2023
L’accisa è un’imposta indiretta, a formazione progressiva e complessiva, monofase e legata al ciclo produttivo ma ora con l’articolo 12 della legge delega fiscale del 16 marzo 2023 dimostra la sua natura di tributo capace di realizzare politiche di natura ambientale. La norma sopra citata, infatti, recita quanto segue: “…il Governo osserva…i seguenti principi e criteri direttivi specifici per la revisione delle disposizioni in materia di accisa e delle altre imposte indirette sulla produzione e sui consumi: a) rimodulare le aliquote di accisa sui prodotti energetici e sull’energia elettrica in modo da tener conto dell’impatto ambientale di ciascun prodotto e con l’obiettivo di contribuire alla riduzione progressiva delle emissioni di…
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CBAM some customs implications
As already indicated, on October 2023 will partially enter into force the CBAM (carbon border adjustment mechanism), according to article 36 paragraph 3 of the “Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a carbon border adjustement mechanism (COM(2021)0564 – C9-0328/2021 – 2021/0214(COD))” published on 8.02.2023 for which“…(a) Articles 5 and 17 shall apply from 31 December 2024. (b) Articles 2(2), 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 31 shall apply from 1 January 2026. (c) Articles 33, 34 and 35(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7) shall apply until 31 December 2025…”. From a customs point of…
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Over compensation and aid of State
The State of aid measure has to cover only the proved costs. The measure: should establish in advance in an objective and trasparent way the parameters; has to require a proper account separation for the costs; should consider the difficulty in making the correct calculation lies not only in identifying true costs but also in taking into account the reaction of beneficiaries. The aid of State should be released for the services and business which are not provided or satisfactorily provided by the market. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out a market survey or analysis to establish what the market fails to supply or offer at the required level…
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Guidelines on State aid, hydrogen, synthetic fuels and biofuels
The business relationships in the EU must be compliant with article 107 of Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which lays down that: “….any aid granted by a Member State…in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods shall, in so far as it affects trade between Member States, be incompatible with the internal market…” and again “…(b) aid to promote the execution of an important project of common European interest or to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State; (c) aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of…
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PNNR, contributi idrogeno, aree industriali dismesse
Il Decreto del Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica del 23 dicembre 2022 ha definito le modalità tecnico-operative per la concessione da parte delle Regioni e delle Province autonome delle agevolazioni previste dal PNNR a sostegno dei progetti destinati alla produzione di idrogeno rinnovabile in aree industriali dismesse. Le Regioni incluse da questa norma sono: Regione Marche, Regione Sardegna, Regione Veneto, Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Regione Liguria, Regione Calabria, Regione Valle d’Aosta, Regione Toscana, Regione Lazio, Regione Lombardia, Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Regione Basilicata, Regione Puglia, Regione Molise, Regione Piemonte, Regione Campania, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Regione Sicilia.