Government freezing taxes on petrol and diesel in 2006

The Dutch government has agreed to forgo its annual increase in fuel taxes next year, and possibly in 2007.

This is an acknowledgement of the plight of Dutch motorists who have seen the country’s world-beating prices for petrol and diesel spiral to new heights in recent months.

Freezing the duty and tax on car fuel will cost the Dutch government an estimated EUR 100 million.