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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12744

19 June 2021
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation
VAT rates, no significant breakthrough in EU Council on existing derogations
Brussels, 18/06/2021 (Agence Europe)

EU finance ministers did not make any significant breakthrough on Friday 18 June in Luxembourg on the European Commission’s 2018 proposal to give Member States the freedom to set reduced, super-reduced and zero VAT rates (EUROPE B11940A15).

There is this question which remains on how to find the right compromise of ensuring equal treatment and at the same time avoiding too much proliferation of derogations”, concluded Portuguese Finance Minister João Leão after the meeting.

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Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS
CALENDAR
CALENDAR EXTRA