Brussels, 14/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Ecofin Council managed to reach compromise over the implementation on the value added tax on products sold through electronic commerce, which will be reflected in the conclusions of the Laeken Summit and should be definitively adopted in February 2002.
The Council's text stipulates that the working group on fiscal issues should complete, for an agreement in the Ecofin Council in 2002, a interim solution limited to a three year period, which could be...