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The OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) met with representatives of stakeholder partners from business, trade unions and environmental NGOs on 22 May 2002. The Stakeholder Dialogue included a special session on environmentally related taxes, as well as brief discussions on selected items from the EPOC Agenda of 23-24 May, including on: the Environment Programme of Work and Budget, Indicators to Measure Decoupling of Environmental Pressure from Economic Growth, and Incorporation of the Social Dimension in the OECD Work on Sustainable Development.

The Agenda for the Stakeholder Dialogue, the Summary Record, and selected presentations from the special session on environmentally related taxes are available below.

• Agenda for EPOC Dialogue with Stakeholders, 22 May 2002
• Summary Record of Stakeholder Dialogue
• Presentation by Jean-Philippe Barde and Nils Axel Braathen, OECD Environment Directorate, on OECD work on "Implementing Environmentally Related Taxes"
• Presentation by Yannis Paleocrassas, Elliniki Etairia, on behalf of Environmental NGOs on "Environmental Fiscal Reform"
• Discussion paper by the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)