Umweltschutz durch nicht-steuerliche Abgaben

In current political discussions, the demand for an ecologically-oriented tax system is becoming louder. In the field of environmental fees which are not taxes, Ute Sacksofsky explains the legal conditions which must be met if these demands are to be implemented. The particular question which will have to be dealt with is whether a constitutionally binding principle of the fiscal state exists and what the contents of such a principle could be. In addition, the author looks into the extent to which the federal government and the governments of the individual federal states are entitled to levy these fees.