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ecycling. Initially, the rates for landfilling and incineration were the same, but since<br />

1993, the levy has been differentiated (with a higher rate for landfilling). The tax rate<br />

is now set at € 44 /tonne. To be an effective deterrent from landfilling waste the<br />

landfill tax has been set higher at € 50.7 /tonne.<br />

As with incineration plants and district heating networks, new landfills must be owned<br />

by public authorities, and whoever operates a landfill site must ensure that all costs<br />

related to establishment and operation, including financial security and after-care <strong>of</strong><br />

the site <strong>of</strong> a period <strong>of</strong> at least 30 years are covered by the payment collected for<br />

landfilling <strong>of</strong> the waste.<br />

In 1997, landfilling <strong>of</strong> waste suitable for incineration was banned. The aim was to<br />

move waste from landfill to incineration, and to ease the capacity demand on<br />

landfills. It has been reported that the regulation has been very successful in shifting<br />

waste from landfilling to incineration. 923<br />

The long history <strong>of</strong> incineration and the widespread district heat networks in Denmark<br />

have provided a context for the development <strong>of</strong> these policy measures. The view<br />

adopted is that heat is in demand, and where centralised sources are in place, it<br />

makes sense to use waste as the source <strong>of</strong> energy to generate that heat.<br />

52.2.4.11 France<br />

The French system is based on policies such as the Code de l’environnement (Partie<br />

législative) that defines waste disposal and recycling. 924 The instruments currently in<br />

place in France are:<br />

748<br />

� Landfill Tax implemented in 1992 and included in the General Tax on Polluting<br />

Activities (TGAP) from 1999. The aim is to prevent waste landfilling and to<br />

boost waste reduction and recycling, forms <strong>of</strong> waste management more<br />

compatible with the environment; and to fight against illegal practices;<br />

� Ban on Landfilling from 2002 - to divert critical waste flows from landfills.<br />

The 1975 law on <strong>Waste</strong> Disposal and Material Recovery (75-633) first stated the<br />

intention, through the French <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> Plan, to ban all but so-called ‘final<br />

waste’ from landfill by 2002. However, no decisive action to implement this policy<br />

was taken.<br />

The policy was also meant to streamline French waste management, increase waste<br />

recovery rates to 50% and become part <strong>of</strong> a self-financing waste management<br />

strategy. Essentially the aim was to make landfilling totally unpopular on financial<br />

grounds by passing through the ‘price signal’ to landfill users. Indirectly it was also<br />

923 EIONET: European Topic Centre on Resource and <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> (2007) Denmark <strong>Waste</strong><br />

Factsheet, Accessed 16 th October 2008,<br />

http://waste.eionet.europa.eu/facts/factsheets_waste/Denmark<br />

924 EIONET: European Topic Centre on Resource and <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Management</strong> (2007) France <strong>Waste</strong><br />

Factsheet, Accessed 16 th October 2008,<br />

http://waste.eionet.europa.eu/facts/factsheets_waste/France<br />

29/09/09

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