Brussels, 30/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - On 29 September, the European Commission decided to take France to the European Court of Justice and to send official warnings to the Netherlands over violation of EU VAT rules and Germany over discriminatory latent reserves legislation.
For France, the Commission believes that the VAT exemptions for some areas of ferry transport or water transport for commercial services goes further than allowed under the VAT directive, which allows exceptions for...