19/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - A Eurostat report states that ecotaxes (taxes on energy, non-energy transport taxes, and taxes on pollution and resources) raised revenue of € 228 billion in the EU in 1999, or 2.8 % of GDP. The percentage of GDP represented by ecotaxes varies from one country to the next: it is lowest in France, Austria, Sweden and Belgium and highest in Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands and Ireland. Finally, there is a slow but steady increase in the percentage of ecotaxes...