More than 80 per cent of EU companies eligible for a new carbon border tax will be exempted under reforms planned by Brussels, tax commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has said.
Hoekstra told the FT he wanted to restrict the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) to the biggest importers and spare most businesses the costs of compliance and charges as part of the bloc’s push to cut red tape and boost productivity.
“Less than 20 per cent of the companies in scope are responsible for more than 95 per cent of the emissions in the products,” he said.
您已阅读17%（545字），剩余83%（2674字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。