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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11284

28 March 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 39
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) taxation
Commission to consult over reduced VAT for e-books

Brussels, 27/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU Taxation Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has promised a number of MEPs that the European Commission will discuss how to make progress on the question of reducing value-added tax (VAT) on e-books.

In a letter to a number of liberal MEPs on 25 March (Sophie in 't Veld and Marietje Schaake of the Netherlands, Kaja Kallas of Estonia and Guy Verhofstadt of Belgium), Pierre Moscovici said that the matter could be dealt with “through extensive overhaul of...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Europe, Russia, the atom bomb
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Greek government finalises its list of reforms
(AE) BANKING: Single Resolution Board aims to be a game-changer in 2016
(AE) TAXATION: Greece sent to Court of Justice over tax measures
(AE) TAXATION: Commission to consult over reduced VAT for e-books
(AE) STATE AID: German exemptions to pharmaceutical rebate scheme given go-ahead
(AE) STATE AID:
(AE) TAXATION:
(AE) TAXATION:
(AE) INVESTMENT:
(AE) FINANCE:
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Xylella - differences of opinion over stepping up measures
(AE) FISHERIES: Framework for recreational seabass fishing finally in place
(AE) FISHERIES: Agreement on conservation measures in Mediterranean
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Each EU citizen generated 481 kg of municipal waste in 2013
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Warning letters sent to three member states
(AE) TRANSPORT: Consideration ongoing on access to plane cockpits
(AE) TOURISM: Transport committee to deliver opinion on visa policy
(AE) COHESION: Parliament gets to work on strategy Europe 2020
(AE) REGIONS: Cretu “optimistic” about absorption of European funds
(AE) HEALTH: Contraception - situation not improving
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) VIETNAM: Free trade negotiations on the home stretch
(AE) USA: Latvian Presidency more realistic about TTIP timeframe
(AE) TRADE: WTO to examine Pakistan's complaint against EU
(AE) MEXICO/JHA: EU's response awaited on transfer of PNR data
(AE) KOSOVO: Mogherini calls on country to continue its reforms
(AE) BALKANS: EU ready to invest €1 billion to improve connectivity
(AE) UKRAINE: Juncker in Kiev on Monday as his first visit to a third country
(AE) ALGERIA: EU's support for economic diversification dominated by hydrocarbons
(AE) ALGERIA: Last “bend” before joining WTO
(AE) SAHARA: Morocco has right to authorise oil drilling
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Impact of climate change
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) SOCIAL: Anyone conducting economically useful activity is a worker
(AE) STATE AID: France in the wrong in SNCM case, says Advocate General
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Total France paraffin wax fine could be further reduced
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Insurance premium should not depend on where car is driven
(AE) COPYRIGHT:
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