Abstract
Maritime transport is essential for the economy, transporting people and goods in a massive and efficient way, but it is also a growing and varied source of pollution. Considering that nowadays taxes on shipping emissions are very unusual at international, State, and regional level, but that at the same time there is a growing international concern about this pollutant source, our purpose is to analyze the feasibility of the Catalan initiative that proposes to implement a tax on port emissions from large ships. The paper concludes that, although it is true that the Catalan tax proposal present some negative points, we can say that it constitutes an important step for the development of environmental taxation in the protection of health and biodiversity and that it will surely serve as a model for other Autonomous Communities. El transporte marítimo es esencial para la economía, transportando personas y bienes de una manera masiva y eficiente, pero también constituye una creciente y variada fuente de polución. Considerando que hoy en día son prácticamente inexistentes los tributos sobre las emisiones provenientes de los barcos, tanto a nivel internacional, estatal y autonómico, pero que al mismo tiempo se aprecia una creciente preocupación internacional por esta fuente contaminante, nuestro objetivo es analizar la viabilidad de la iniciativa catalana que propone implementar un impuesto propio a las emisiones portuarias de los grandes barcos. El trabajo concluye afirmando que, si bien es cierto que la propuesta impositiva catalana presenta algunos puntos negativos, podemos decir que constituye un paso importante para el desarrollo de la fiscalidad ambiental en la protección de la salud y la biodiversidad y que seguramente servirá de modelo para otras Comunidades Autónomas.
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