In 2025, the federal authorities collected a file sum of 21.4 billion euros from CO₂ certificates. Consumers paid the biggest a part of the local weather taxes when buying gasoline, heating oil and fuel. The cash flowed primarily to property house owners, e-car drivers and industrial corporations.
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