Brussels, 28/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission will debate, this Wednesday, possibilities for modernising the value added tax regime (VAT). Four years ago, the Commission planned for 2000 the transition to a new common VAT system based on the principal of taxation in the country of origin. Today, it noted that the "present climate" and notably, "the Member States refusal to align their VAT rates and reduce the number of special regimes," prevent the progress towards this...