On Tuesday 30 January, the European Commission announced that it had opened an in-depth investigation into two schemes introduced by Sweden. These measures grant an exemption from energy and CO2 tax to producers of biogas and biopropane used to produce heat, on the one hand, and to producers of biogas and biopropane used as fuel, on the other.
After the General Court annulled two Commission decisions from June 2020 authorising these tax exemptions, the Commission wants to ensure that...