Brussels, 01/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 30 September, the European Commission decided to move to the next stage of infringement proceedings over the “telecoms taxes” implemented by France and Spain. These are specific turnover taxes levied on telecommunications operations, which these member states brought in when they decided to abolish paid advertising on the public television channels. The aim was to compensate the losses caused by the end of the advertising revenue to the...