Table 1: General environmental goals, focus on new instruments and
examples of existing mechanisms
Priority
areas
General
environmental goal
Focus on new instruments
Examples of existing
instruments
Climate
-
Limit emissions of
greenhouse gasses by 21
per cent in 2008-2012
compared to 1990 levels
(the Kyoto Protocol)
-
Flexible mechanisms: quota
trading between countries,
JI and CDM (DKK 130
million allocated in Finance
Act 03)
-
Quota regulation and
trading via the EUs
Emissions Trading
Directive (final adoption,
mid 2003)
-
Renewable energy in the
electricity supply sector
-
Decentralised combined
heat and power
-
Energy labelling
-
Electricity saving scheme
-
Environmental taxes on
fuels
-
R&D in renewable energy
Water
-
Prevent and combat
contamination of
groundwater and surface
water
-
Changes to the way the
wastewater sector is
organised, including
deregulation and
outsourcing (proposal mid
2004)
-
Transparent fees and taxes
(proposal mid 2004)
-
Greater use of financial
instruments combined with
reductions in
administration in
accordance with the Action
Plan for the Aquatic
Environment III (political
negotiations expected to
start in early 2004)
-
Measures aimed at
wastewater, nitrogen and
pesticides
-
Wastewater charges
-
Tighter fertiliser regulations
-
Pesticide tax
-
Information
-
Approval schemes
-
Increased afforestation
-
Establishment of wetlands
-
More organic land use
-
Identification of particularly
sensitive land use areas
Waste
-
Decouple growth in the
volume of waste from
economic growth
-
Increase recycling
-
Increase the quality of
waste management
-
Waste must be less
dangerous
-
Changes to the way the
waste management sector is
organised, including
deregulation and
outsourcing (proposal late
2004)
-
Producer responsibility
(2004)
-
Transparent fees (2003)
-
The waste tax
-
Product specific taxes and
fees
-
The Consolidated Act on
Waste
-
Deposit schemes
-
Information
-
Voluntary agreements
-
Grants for the development
of processing technology
Chemicals
-
In 2020 there must be no
products or goods on the
market containing
chemicals with
particularly problematic
health or environmental
impacts
-
Producer and importer
responsibility (expected to
be implemented in
2004/2005)
-
Better information for
enterprises and the retail
sector (ongoing)
-
Further knowledge building
regarding the effects on
Man and the environment
(follow up to future EU
regulation, 2004/2005)
-
Better organisation of taxes
-
Risk assessment
-
Approval schemes
-
Bans
-
List of undesirable
substances
-
Taxes
-
Voluntary agreements
-
Information
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