Brussels, 04/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - The United Kingdom is failing to comply with the VAT directive (2006/112/EEC) by applying a reduced rate of VAT to the supply and installation of “energy-saving materials” with respect to housing, since the directive stipulates that this rate is reserved solely for transactions relating to social housing or services provided in the framework of social policy.
This is the position of the Court of Justice of the EU, in a judgment (C-161/14) returned...