France Seeks EU Fertilizer Carbon Tax Pause as War Raises Prices
A front loader moves loose calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer at an agricultural cooperative warehouse.
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/BloombergFrance will ask the European Union to offer assistance to farmers struggling with soaring costs of fertilizer caused by the Middle East war.
Paris will request a temporary exemption for fertilizers from EU border levies related to carbon emissions, or a compensation mechanism to offset the cost of the tax, according to an EU official familiar with the matter.