Brussels, 07/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is to show understanding towards the United Kingdom's decision to include in its next draft budget a reduced rate of VAT on sanitary products, de facto putting itself in breach of the VAT directive.
The British government made this announcement on 18 March, having obtained conclusions from its European opposite numbers on this dossier at the end of the last European Summit (see EUROPE 11514 and 11515). In these conclusions, the...