Brussels, 21/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - EU economy and finance ministers met in Luxembourg on Friday 21 June, where they adopted without political-level debate an important package of measures to tackle VAT fraud (see EUROPE 10870), namely two Council directives amending the VAT directive (2006/112/EC). One introduces a rapid reaction mechanism (RRM) that allows member states to react to sudden, large-scale VAT fraud by applying immediate self-assessment measures, once approved by the...