On Saturday 30 August, the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU prepared a compromise proposal on the energy taxation directive for the meeting of the working group on tax issues scheduled for Friday 5 September. According to the document obtained by Agence Europe, it proposes to exempt public road transport, in the same way as air and sea transport.
As announced in July (see EUROPE B13676A24), Denmark hopes to reach an agreement at the November Ecofin Council on this directive,...