New tax on sales of plant protection products to fund ANSES

The second 2014 amending finance act created an annual tax payable by holders of marketing authorisations or parallel trade permits for plant protection products, based on their sales in France in the previous year, with a rate capped at 0.3%. The order of 27 March 2015 set the rate at 0.2% of turnover (0.1% for biocontrol products) from 1 April 2015. The revenue goes to the national health safety agency (ANSES) to fund phytopharmacovigilance.