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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11555
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) taxation

VAT on feminine hygiene products - States to call on Commission to satisfy London

Brussels, 20/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 25 May, the European finance ministers will call European Commission to present them, “as soon as possible”, with a legislative proposal providing for an option for the member states to apply reduced or zero rates of VAT to feminine hygiene products, according to draft conclusions of which EUROPE has had sight.

This follows a request made by the United Kingdom, where the debate on VAT on sanitary products is raging, and to which the...

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