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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10152
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation

Commission looks again at energy taxes

Brussels, 03/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta is preparing to launch a new debate about a revision of EU energy tax directive 2003/96/EC. Pursuing work by his predecessor as taxation commissioner, he will test the waters among fellow commissioners on Wednesday 23 June about the introduction of a carbon tax element in energy taxes on industries not covered by the EU's carbon trading system for greenhouse gas emissions, which currently covers half of carbon...

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