FISCAL-POLICY AND GREENHOUSE GASES - THE CASE OF THE NETHERLANDS

In the domain of environmental policy, the Dutch authorities have chan ged their course in the mid-1980s towards an integrated approach. As a result several reports and trends, in which policy recommendations ar e given for specific target groups and types and pollution, have been adopted. The objective of this paper is, therefore, twofold. First we sketch the background studies and the context of the discussion that t ook pplace in the Netherlands in the last decade. Then, we detail and assess actual policy measures taken or soon to be taken.