French car tax to spur green upheaval

Report of comments made on the 1 July 2008 by Jean-Louis Borloo, Ecology Minister in France. He said that France would soon add an annual green tax on high-emission cars, such as sports utility vehicles, and extend punitive taxes to more environmentally damaging products in an attempt to revolutionise consumer behaviour and combat climate change.

Wikipedia: Bonus-Malus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus-Malus

France: Embassy in the UK: "Bonus/Malus” – France encourages drivers to buy greener cars http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Bonus-Malus-France-encourages.html

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