The relationship between the perceived environmental taxes and expenditures in Romania during 2008-2017 Cover Image

Relația dintre taxele de mediu percepute și cheltuielile de mediu efectuate în România în perioada 2008-2017
The relationship between the perceived environmental taxes and expenditures in Romania during 2008-2017

Author(s): Dumitru-Dănuţ Mercan, Maria-Isabela Cristescu
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: environmental taxes; environmental expenditures; European Union; Romania; pollution; emissions;

Summary/Abstract: The development of economic activity in the conditions of ensuring a rational use of resources, in order to ensure the conservation of the natural environment is one of the main priorities defined and established by the European Union, a priority that applies to Romania, as a result of membership since 2007. In order to ensure an overall activity, but in particular an economic, environmentally friendly activity, the European Union has developed a number of key directions for action to ensure that the objectives are met. One of the pillars of this goal is the fight against air emissions, the fight against water pollution and the fight against waste. In view of these aspects, the present paper follows the evolution of the environmental taxes levied by the government on the private business environment in relation to the environmental expenditures that were incurred by the state, an analysis carried out in sections, depending on the field. application of taxes and realization of expenses.