27/04/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 27 April, the European Commission announced that it had decided to refer Italy to the Court of Justice of the EU as the country has failed to apply the national excise duty rate on petrol and diesel purchased by motorists resident in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. The Commission considers this to be a reduction in excise duties on diesel and petrol used as motor fuel, posing an obstacle to the proper functioning of the EU internal market and...