Fossil-Fuel Subsidies in the EU’s Eastern Partner Countries:Government support for fossil-fuel production and consumption in the Eastern Partner countries

This chapter summarises the main findings of the analysis of fossil-fuel subsidy schemes in the European Union’s six Eastern Partner (EaP) countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine). It introduces the methodology used to identify and estimate government support for fossil-fuel production and consumption. It also discusses some of the major fossil-fuel subsidy reforms that have been implemented in the EaP region since the first assessment of energy subsidies by the OECD. The chapter ends with the short-term responses of the EaP governments to the COVID-19 crisis in the energy sector and their possible impact on the evolution of fossil-fuel subsidies.