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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7894
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/tax

Commission takes six States to court for failing to tax aid for dried fodder

Brussels, 01/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the Commission decided to turn to the Court of Justice against six States (Germany, Spain, Finland, Italy, Portugal and Sweden) as they have not levied VAT on subsidies paid by the EU to companies producing dried fodder. It observes that this is a violation of Article 11 of the 6th VAT Directive which requires VAT to be levied on subsidies directly linked to the price. According to the Commission, the aid in question allows a company to...

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