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ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY TAX MEASURES
Electrically-driven vehicles
Currently: Registration Tax on hybrid
vehicles (consuming fuel & battery energy): 16.5%
Measure: Completely electrically-driven
vehicles will be completely exempt from Registration Tax and exempt from the
Valletta entry-permit tax for the next 5 years.
Products that benefit the Environment
Aim: To encourage use of
environment-friendly products.
Measure: Reduction of import duties as
follows:
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Recycled paper & bleach-free paper: 0%;
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Degradable refuse bags: 6.5%;
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Shopping bags manufactured from recycled paper &
carton: 3.7%;
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Consumption-reducing electricity bulbs: 2.7%.
Road License for Battery Operated Mopeds
Measure: Removal of road license for battery
operated mopeds.
Incentives for improvement of property registered
under Voluntary Registration Scheme: Valletta, Floriana and Cottonera
Context: National average vacant/dilapidated
tenements: 6% of residential units
Aim: To incentivise applicants of Voluntary
Registration Scheme to rehabilitate their tenements.
Measure: Refund of VAT payment on cost of
works requiring Full Development Permit from MEPA.
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