22/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - French government reacts to being sent to Court of Justice over VAT on e-books. In a press release, the French ministers for culture (Aurelie Filippetti) and small business (Fleur Pellerin) have reacted to the European Commission's decision to send France to the European Court of Justice over its reduced-rate VAT on e-books. The two ministers say that France levies reduced VAT on both e-books and normal books in order to ensure equal access to culture...