Fossil fuel subsidies (No direct URL to dataset)

This report documents the work completed for the Directorate General for Energy (DG ENER) of the European Commission (EC) on the Study on energy subsidies and other government interventions in the EU – 2023 edition (Framework Contract MOVE/ENER/SRD/2020/ OP/0008 Lot-2). The work was carried out by a two-member consortium: Enerdata, the project lead, and Trinomics. It is the latest in a series of DG ENER studies going back to 2014 documenting energy subsidies and related instruments. The work was structured around six tasks: Tasks 1-3: Energy subsidy trends in the EU27 Collect, control, harmonise and analyse energy subsidies data trends in the EU27 from 2015 to 2021, 2022 where possible Task 4: Preparing an update and analysis of national phase out plans on subsidies; in addition, distinguishing clearly each FFS according to its environmental impact o Analyse national fossil fuel subsidy phase out plans Report on the policies either implemented or announced by Member States Distinguish each FFS according to its environmental impact: environmentally harmful or friendly (those that contribute to the reduction of fossil fuel use) Task 5: Assesses the accuracy and completeness of the EU27 NECPR progress reports Review the Member State’s NECPR o Include new information collected through the NECPRs Task 6: Preparation of the study, building on all of these This report starts with a brief background on energy subsidies in the EU, then discusses the approaches, findings, and conclusions for the trends of energy subsidies and for the national plans on energy subsidies separately. Annexes include: Theoretical framework Country data controls and observations (separate document, in pdf format) Member State Fact-sheets (separate document, in pdf format) The subsidies database (separate document, in Excel format).