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Law on Pollution Tax (No. I-1188).

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Type of law
Legislation
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Abstract
Physical, chemical or biological pollutants having negative effect on public health and the environment pollution shall subject to taxation. The taxes shall be determined taking into account the amount of pollutants, their harmfulness, and other criteria specified in article 1. Article 4 specifies rates for water pollution. Rates shall take into account the various specified levels of pollution. The Department of Environmental Protection in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance shall control the accuracy of tax returns. Legal and natural persons which do not keep an estimate of discharged pollutants shall pay the tax according to the amount of discharged pollutants estimated by the officer of the state environmental protection control.
Date of text
Repealed
Yes
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No