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Pesticide tax

AU projectlead: Helle Ørsted Nielsen
AU Staff: Anders Branth Pedersen, Steen Gyldenkærne, Maria Konrad, Berit Hasler
Financed by: Pesticide Research Programme, Danish Environmental Protection Agency        
Duration : 2015 - 2018
External Partners: University of Copenhagen (Jens Erik Ørum)
Budget: 1.7 mio. DKK
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The aim of the project is to evaluate the effects of the redesigned Danish pesticide tax. The tax was redesigned (with effect from mid-2013) with a design based on the environmental load of the pesticides and a substantial increase in the tax on average.