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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10167

25 June 2010
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
Commission drags its feet over changes to energy taxes

Brussels, 24/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 23 June, the EU college of commissioners discussed whether to revise Directive 2003/96/EC on the taxation of energy products like diesel, ethanol, natural gas and coal (see EUROPE 10152). The general aim of any changes would be introduce a carbon footprint calculation in fuel duty, changing the current EU rules which tax fuel according to the amount used. Such a change to the tax basis would help the EU meet its emissions reduction targets...

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