Readjusting Environmental Fees for Products with a Long Lifetime: Case of PV Module Recycling Fee in the Czech Republic

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RIV/00216208:11240/15:10323591

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Readjusting Environmental Fees for Products with a Long Lifetime: Case of PV Module Recycling Fee in the Czech Republic

Original language description

In the Czech Republic (as in many other countries), environmental fees belong among commonly applied economic tools of environmental policy. One of the fundamental issues that accompany thier practical application is setting of the correct rates of the fees in relation to the time frame and targets to be achieved by the tool application. When setting the rate of an environemntal fee for a short term, the price can be adjusted flexibly based on the current situation. For some longer-term environmental policy goals, fees are employed that are collected in the form of „advance“ payments years or even decades before the actual meeting of the goals (typically, recycling fees when purchasing electrical appliances, for example, so-called acquisition fees), which entails numerous risks and uncertainties that have to be taken into account when setting the optimum rate of teh fee. Moreover, the chance to modify the fee substantially during the period is lost in this case. The paper deals with readjusting the current rate of the recycling fee for PV modules (currently CZK 8.50/kg), which will be utilised in a time frame of 15-30 years after the collection. Its setting is influenced by the complexity and uncertainty of predicting future price trends and technological advancements. Using micro models and applying the precautionary principle, we propose an adjustment to CZK 5.2-7.8/kg based on the technological changes and the market situation.

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE INPROFORUM 2015: COMMON CHALLENGES - DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS - MUTUAL DIALOGUE

ISBN

978-80-7394-536-7

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e-ISSN

2336-6788

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

256-260

Publisher name

Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích

Place of publication

České Budějovice

Event location

České Budějovice

Event date

Nov 5, 2015

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000383863800042