Plastic bags until February, remain free of ‘green fee’ – PT Journal

Plastic bags until February, remain free of 'green fee' – PT Journal

In Christmas time, the Government gave a gift to customers who have come to take the groceries in plastic bags. Consumers will have until February 15 to get used to the idea:. With green taxation, each bag goes to cost dime
 

It is a gift of the Government: the law of green taxation shall enter into force in the coming hours (as soon as 2015), but one of the media measures, the tax on plastic bags, will be applied only from 15 February.

 

The first 45 days of next year serve as a “transitional period”, allowing consumers to get used to the idea that they will have to pay eight cents (two VAT) for each plastic bag they ask in stores.

 

“Under the reform of the Green Taxation, all light plastic bags become subject to a contribution of eight cents plus VAT. The directive regulating the entry into force of this standard provides for a transitional period, “he said, in a statement, the Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy.

 

The “transitional period” is justified by the Ministry led by Jorge Moreira da Silva with the need to allow “greater ability to adapt to new rules by the entire chain of production, distribution and marketing of plastic bags as well as the flow of ‘stocks’ and raw materials. “

 

As “the industry has argued,” the stores will only start charging for plastic bags after having exhausted the current reserves.

 

According to the text, “from the 30th day, ie January 31, producers and importers have to go to collect the contribution of light plastic bags to retailers and traders, which will be delivered to the Tax Authority and Customs (AT). “

  “These bags, already subject to contribution may only be available to consumers 45 days after publication of the regulatory ordinance,” added the note of guardianship
 

Accounts made, the rate shall become effective only “45 days after the publication of the ordinance,” that is, on 15 February. From that date, “consumers only are offered plastic bags already subject to contribution”: if the stores offer bags is because these stores have already taken the expense instead of going to the final consumer

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The waste associated with plastic bags has been a nightmare for environmental protection. For example, in March last year, the PT Journal reported that the autopsy to a sperm confirmed that it was killed by garbage:. The stomach burst to be filled with plastics