Strasbourg, 13/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the Piia-Nora Kauppi Report (Finnish, EPP) last week, the European Parliament approved the European Commission's proposals on: - a regulation concerning administrative co-operation in the field of value added tax; - the amendment to the directive on mutual assistance between the relevant authorities of the Member States in the field of direct and indirect taxation. The proposal aims in particular to allow for direct contacts between local...