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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10598

20 April 2012
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) taxation
EP opposes phase-out of diesel tax advantage

Brussels, 19/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - Adopting (by 374 to 217 with 73 abstentions) an amended report on Thursday 19 April by Astrid Lulling (EPP, Luxembourg) on the Commission's draft legislation published in April 2011 to change fuel and electricity taxation in the EU, the European Parliament (which is only being asked its opinion on the matter, which requires unanimous voting at the Council of Ministers) opposed the idea of phasing out the lower duty charged on diesel in relation to...

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