Plastic bags: rate has yielded 1.6 ME to the State – TVI24

The first cash inflow of the State with the measure to tax plastic bags, in the reform of green taxes, was 1.6 million euros.

During the transitional period of the law that created the tax on lightweight plastic bags, five thousand merchants declared to the tax authorities have in stock a total of 16 million of this type of packaging, said the Ministry of Environment to ‘the public’.

Write the same newspaper that this period of temporary regularization bags, which began January 1 and lasted until February 15, served for companies to adapt to the new law, which is an obligatory ten cent contribution per bag with handles and a thickness not less than 0.05 mm.
The plastic bags ‘soft’, which are paid from the 15th of February, can be sold to consumers in supermarkets, bookstores, pharmacies or even building materials stores for a higher value.

contribution to environmental impact

The decision to tax plastic bags to eight cents, two VAT, totaling 10 cents, is part of the Taxation Green and resulted from the efforts of the Minister of Environment, Jorge Moreira da Silva, who has insisted on the need to reduce pollution of this product, especially at sea, following guidelines of the European Union.

plastic bags ‘soft’ with wings, are most used in hypermarkets and supermarkets for the transport of food, but also for packaging books, medicines, automobile parts and building materials.

The clear bags, with or without wings, to bring food sold in bulk, such as fruit or meat, are not covered by the new rate.

Some stores, especially clothing, have begun to change the habits and opted for paper or more resistant plastic.

The lion’s share of Green Taxes funds, ie EUR 150 million, will be channeled for relief from the IRS (Income Tax Single) from households, while the remaining 17 million euro intended for nature conservation fund and to encourage electric mobility.