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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8117

20 December 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 47
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Commission takes Austria to Court of Justice over discriminatory tax treatment of imported cars

Brussels, 19/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission decided to refer Austria to the Court of Justice because it considers the Austrian car registration tax ("NoVA" or Normverbrauchsabgabe) discriminates against imported cars. NoVA is levied, for vehicles bought in Austria, on the basis of the actual price paid for the car, while imported cars are normally taxed by reference to the list price for new cars or the average trading prices of Austrian dealers for imported...

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