Brussels, 28/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - In conclusions returned on 24 October (case C82/12), Advocate General Nils Wahl recommends that the Court of Justice of the EU judge the Spanish special tax on retail sales of certain hydrocarbons (IVMDH) to run counter to the directive on excise duties (2008/118/EEC).
He is responding to the High Court of Justice of Catalonia, which has asked the Court about the compliance of this tax with the said directive. This aims to prevent excessive indirect...