Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractCZECH REPUBLIC: GENERAL METADATA
Data documentation
General notes
The fiscal year in the Czech Republic coincides with the calendar year.
Consumer support estimates were provided directly by the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Measures pertaining to the restructuring of the country’s coal-mining industry and associated environmental liabilities are taken from a study included in the Mineral Commodity Summaries of the Czech Republic (Czech Geological Survey - Geofond, 2010) that was published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade: "Eliminating negative consequences of mining in the Czech Republic" - main methods and financial resources" (Kaštovský and Platzek, 2010).
Notes relating to the General Services Support Estimate
Since 1991, the Czech Republic has not supported the production or consumption of coal. The state retains, however, an obligation to deal with the social, health, and environmental liabilities associated with past mining activity. The government transferred these obligations to two state-owned enterprises, DIAMO, s.p. and Palivový kombinát Ústí, s.p., which acquired the assets of the closed mining companies. These state-owned enterprises receive government subsidies for the activities they carry out. Since measures financed through these subsidy payments do not act to increase current production or consumption of coal, they are all allocated to the GSSE.
Restructuring the coal-mining industry and remediating the negative environmental consequences of mining are conducted in several different ways and using several different financial resources (Kaštovský and Platzek, 2010). Besides the measures reported in this inventory, mining companies have since 1994 been required to set up two reserve funds: a financial reserve for remediation and reclamation of all plots of land affected by mining, and a financial reserve for alleviating material damage caused by mining (e.g. land subsidence).
Source Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisation Name of collection/source Name of collection/sourceOECD Companion to the Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels 2021
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Date last updated Date last updatedNov-23
Other data characteristics Other data characteristicsData for 2022 are preliminary and may contain OECD-generated estimates.
Periodicity PeriodicityAnnual
Power code Power code Unit of measure used Unit of measure used Concepts & Classifications Concepts & Classifications Key statistical concept Key statistical conceptIndicator
PSE: Producer Support Estimate
GSSE: General Services Support Estimate
CSE: Consumer Support Estimate
Stage
EXTRACT: Extraction or mining stage
TRANS: Transportation of fossil fuels (e.g., through pipelines)
REFIN: Refining or processing stage
GENER: Use of fossil fuels in ectricity generation
INDUS: Use of fossil fuels in the industrial sector
END: Other end uses of fossil fuels
Statutory or Formal Incidence
consumption: Direct consumption
returns: Output Returns
income: Enterprise Income
inputs: Cost of Intermediate Inputs
labour: Labour
land: Land and natural resources
capital: Capital
knowledge: Knowledge
Other Aspects Other Aspects Other comments Other comments Recommended uses and limitations Recommended uses and limitations1) Fiscal cost of support measures for fossil fuels are based on information reported by countries through official documentation (e.g. budget reports). Support measures for which such information is not available are excluded from the aggregate amount reported in this table. In addition, support measures in certain countries may not have been exhaustively identified.
2) Tax expenditures are estimates of revenue that is foregone due to a particular feature of the tax system that reduces or postpones tax payments (relative to a jurisdiction’s benchmark tax system) to the benefit of fossil fuels’ producers or users. Hence, (i) tax expenditures estimates can increase either because of greater concessions (relative to the benchmark tax system) or because of an increase in the benchmark itself; (ii) cross-country comparisons of tax expenditures can be misleading due to country-specific benchmark tax systems.
3) Support measures for fossil fuels are included in the Inventory without reference to their economic or environmental effects. No judgment is therefore made as to whether such measures are inefficient or ought to be reformed.
CZECH REPUBLIC: GENERAL METADATA
Data documentation
General notes
The fiscal year in the Czech Republic coincides with the calendar year.
Consumer support estimates were provided directly by the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Measures pertaining to the restructuring of the country’s coal-mining industry and associated environmental liabilities are taken from a study included in the Mineral Commodity Summaries of the Czech Republic (Czech Geological Survey - Geofond, 2010) that was published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade: "Eliminating negative consequences of mining in the Czech Republic" - main methods and financial resources" (Kaštovský and Platzek, 2010).
Notes relating to the General Services Support Estimate
Since 1991, the Czech Republic has not supported the production or consumption of coal. The state retains, however, an obligation to deal with the social, health, and environmental liabilities associated with past mining activity. The government transferred these obligations to two state-owned enterprises, DIAMO, s.p. and Palivový kombinát Ústí, s.p., which acquired the assets of the closed mining companies. These state-owned enterprises receive government subsidies for the activities they carry out. Since measures financed through these subsidy payments do not act to increase current production or consumption of coal, they are all allocated to the GSSE.
Restructuring the coal-mining industry and remediating the negative environmental consequences of mining are conducted in several different ways and using several different financial resources (Kaštovský and Platzek, 2010). Besides the measures reported in this inventory, mining companies have since 1994 been required to set up two reserve funds: a financial reserve for remediation and reclamation of all plots of land affected by mining, and a financial reserve for alleviating material damage caused by mining (e.g. land subsidence).
OECD Companion to the Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels 2021
Annual
Nov-23
Data for 2022 are preliminary and may contain OECD-generated estimates.
Indicator
PSE: Producer Support Estimate
GSSE: General Services Support Estimate
CSE: Consumer Support Estimate
Stage
EXTRACT: Extraction or mining stage
TRANS: Transportation of fossil fuels (e.g., through pipelines)
REFIN: Refining or processing stage
GENER: Use of fossil fuels in ectricity generation
INDUS: Use of fossil fuels in the industrial sector
END: Other end uses of fossil fuels
Statutory or Formal Incidence
consumption: Direct consumption
returns: Output Returns
income: Enterprise Income
inputs: Cost of Intermediate Inputs
labour: Labour
land: Land and natural resources
capital: Capital
knowledge: Knowledge
1) Fiscal cost of support measures for fossil fuels are based on information reported by countries through official documentation (e.g. budget reports). Support measures for which such information is not available are excluded from the aggregate amount reported in this table. In addition, support measures in certain countries may not have been exhaustively identified.
2) Tax expenditures are estimates of revenue that is foregone due to a particular feature of the tax system that reduces or postpones tax payments (relative to a jurisdiction’s benchmark tax system) to the benefit of fossil fuels’ producers or users. Hence, (i) tax expenditures estimates can increase either because of greater concessions (relative to the benchmark tax system) or because of an increase in the benchmark itself; (ii) cross-country comparisons of tax expenditures can be misleading due to country-specific benchmark tax systems.
3) Support measures for fossil fuels are included in the Inventory without reference to their economic or environmental effects. No judgment is therefore made as to whether such measures are inefficient or ought to be reformed.