incentive scheme | incentive plan | incentive program | incentive awards | staff incentives

tax relief [ relief from taxes | tax abatement | tax advantage | tax allowance | tax concession | tax credit | tax deduction | tax reduction | Tax incentive(STW) | tax credits(UNBIS) | tax deductions(UNBIS) ]

Manpower Training Program - Tax Incentive Method [ Manpower Training Programme - Tax Incentive Method ]

Tax Incentive Audit Section [ Tax Incentives Audit ]

tax incentive | taxation incentive | fiscal incentive | fiscal stimulus

incentive scheme

aids for the set-aside of farmland | set-aside incentive scheme for arable land

the Commission: is facilitating SMEs’ access to the Eco-Audit and Management Scheme (EMAS) through lighter environmental procedures, reduced fees, and the option of cluster registration will finance a network of environment and energy efficiency experts in the Enterprise Europe Network providing advice on eco-efficient operations, markets potential and funding opportunities for more efficient operations in particular for SMEs is developing new forms of support for innovative start-ups and SMEs in the field of eco-innovation, with a view to facilitating market access, technology transfer, use of standards and access to finance, in line with existing State Aid provisions the Member States are invited to: provide incentives for eco-efficient businesses and produ ...[+++]cts (e.g. tax incentive schemes and prioritising subsidies for funding sustainable business) in line with the Community Guidelines on State Aid for Environmental Protection and make use of the simplified approach to environmental aid for SMEs developed in the GBER make full use of the around €2.5 billion allocated in Cohesion Policy programmes for the support of eco-friendly products and processes in SMEs.

Moreover, unlike direct State intervention, the tax incentive scheme makes it possible to tap private savings and rely as much as possible on market mechanisms.

7. As part of the ITS deployment roadmap, the Commission will produce a set of guidelines on incentives for intelligent vehicle systems by mid-2008, which will explore the possibility for Member States to introduce such tax schemes and set up a road map for the implementation of incentive schemes in line with community legislation on taxes and on state aid.

- The national authorities have to consider and, where appropriate and without prejudice to the rules on state aid of the Treaty, introduce incentives from which EMAS registered organisations can benefit, such as access to funding or tax incentives in the framework of schemes supporting environmental performance of industry.