The Netherlands
Fair Meat Price Proposal
Summary Description
Establishes a tax on animal source product and a fund to compensate farmers, low-income communities, as well as climate mitigation and adaptation measures.
Topics
Species
Jurisdiction
The Netherlands
Sub-Jurisdiction
N/A
Type of Act
Legislative Proposal
Status
Proposal by civil society
Legal Value
N/A
Date Enacted
N/A
Date Updated
June, 2023
Official Citation
True Animal Portein price Coalition (TAPP), "EU Policy Proposals," https://www.tappcoalition.eu/policy-proposals (last visited October 3 2021)
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- Revenues generated by the tax will go towards a 'Fair Food Price Fund' which will compensate farmers for implementing additional measures to protect the climate and improve animal welfare as well as to compensate low income communities. The Fund will further fund the decrease of tax on sales plant-based foods. In addition, part of the "Fair Food Tax' revenues can be used for funding the UN Green Climate Fund for mitigation and adaptation.
Weaknesses
- The efficiency of such a tax mechanism is limited by the absence of an EU tax policy that would harmonize such mechanism in the EU as opposed to only one country.
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