Brussels, 15/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission proposed renewal of certain tax exemptions applied to oil products. It thus endorses the partial exemptions on diesel fuel granted by France, Italy and the Netherlands to ease the road transport situation (all three countries had taken contrary commitments with their European partners). These will nonetheless come to an end on 1 January 2003.
The European Commission proposal looks at a total of 103 derogations to...