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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10092

6 March 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
United States decides to tax entry to its territory

Brussels, 05/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - US President Barack Obama signed a draft law on Thursday 4 March - the Travel Promotion Act - which provides for a $10 tax to be paid when entering US territory in order to finance the promotion of tourism in that country. The European Commission, which considers the tax “counter-productive”, awaits entry into force of the law (once it is published in the US Federal Register) and is expected to present a report to the EU member states in order to...

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