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Law and Climate Change Toolkit
South Africa • Law • 2019

(ZA) South Africa - Carbon Tax Act of 2019

Country
South Africa
Document type
Law
Date
2019
Geographical Coverage
National
Abstract
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Legal Area
Provision for carbon budgeting Monitoring, reporting and verification obligations Economic instruments Carbon tax or levy provisions Incentives for voluntary actions Fiscal incentives Concessions Fiscal incentives – fossil fuels Energy production taxation – fossil fuels Energy infrastructure finance – fossil fuels
Cross-cutting Categories
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Website
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Source
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Type of source
Official
Other results in Provision for carbon budgeting
Other results in Monitoring, reporting and verification obligations
Other results in Economic instruments
Other results in Carbon tax or levy provisions
Other results in Concessions
Other results in Energy infrastructure finance – fossil fuels
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