15/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Council has granted Greek scrap metal merchants a derogation to the Sixth Directive on the harmonisation of VAT (77/388), adopting a decision authorising Greece to apply special tax measures until 31 December 2003 on the recycling of metal, glass, paper and out-of-service vehicles to people registered for VAT whose trade in such products does not exceed EUR 900,000 a year.