France to increase tax on high-emission cars - paper
Reuters September 17, 2013, 5:37 am
PARIS (Reuters) - France is to raise the maximum levy on purchases of cars with high emissions to 8,000 euros from 6,000, a measure that could bring in 100 million euros (83.9 million pounds) in tax receipts next year, newspaper Les Echos reported.
The new measure is also expected to include a curb on subsidies for low-emission vehicles, the newspaper said in a preview of its front page due to be published on Tuesday, without citing its sources.
The two-pronged system was introduced in 2008 under former president Nicolas Sarkozy in a bid to promote the sale of vehicles with low emissions.
(Reporting by Lionel Laurent; editing by David Evans)
