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POLLUTION SUBSIDY [2 records]

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Record 1 1995-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

A general term for various forms of financial assistance, which must act as an incentive for polluters to alter their behaviour or which are given to firms facing problems complying with imposed standards: grants, soft loans and tax allowances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
DEF

Terme général désignant diverses formes d'aide financière qui doivent inciter les pollueurs à modifier leur comportement, ou encore qui sont accordées aux entreprises éprouvant de la difficulté à se conformer aux normes : subventions, prêts à des conditions de faveurs, allègements fiscaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
CONT

For example, consider the case where the appropriate policy for pollution abatement meant that considerable extra costs were imposed on some firms or industry in a certain area with the result that their competitive position would be badly threatened(nationally or internationally) and considerable local unemployment would ensue. In such a situation many authorities would be under pressure to abstain from the appropriate anti-pollution instrument and replace it by some measure that would be less efficient, from the resource allocation point of view, such as a subsidy to the industry concerned to install less-polluting techniques of production.

Key term(s)
  • anti-pollution instrument

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
DEF

Mesure spécifiquement créée pour prévenir, limiter, réduire ou éliminer la pollution.

Key term(s)
  • instrument anti-pollution
  • instrument de lutte anti-pollution

Spanish

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