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Table 14.3: Summary of Current Government Support Measures for Biofuels in Selected Countries/Regions<br />

Country Official targets* Production incentives Consumption incentives<br />

Brazil 40% rise in production, 2005-2010 Tax incentives for oil-seed production Tax exemptions for vehicles able to use<br />

(ethanol) Loan assistance E blends, and flex-fuel vehicles<br />

Reduced levels of industrial tax Fuel tax advantage over petrol<br />

Price controls<br />

US 2.78% for <strong>2006</strong> (ethanol) Tax credits Vehicle tax credits and fuel tax<br />

Producer payments exemptions<br />

Grant and loan programmes Subsidies on flex-fuel vehicles<br />

Government fleet requirement<br />

Loan assistance<br />

Canada 3.5% by 2010 (ethanol) Some provinces exempt ethanol from Exemption from excise tax<br />

road tax (CA$ 0.085/litre)<br />

Sweden 3% in 2005 (biofuels, Tax incentives for new plants Exemption from fuel excise duty<br />

by energy content) Access to EU Common Agricultural<br />

Policy (CAP) provisions<br />

Capital grants<br />

France 5.75% in 2008; Tax credits on equipment using Capped fuel tax exemptions<br />

7% in 2010; 10% in 2015 (biofuels) renewable energy Quotas<br />

Tax penalty on refiners not using<br />

biofuels<br />

Access to EU CAP provisions<br />

Capital grants<br />

398 <strong>World</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Outlook</strong> <strong>2006</strong> - FOCUS ON KEY TOPICS

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