Brussels, 24/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the European Commission adopted the draft directive imposing a single excise duty of EUR 350 per thousand litres for commercial diesel by 2010, bringing the diesel and lead-free petrol thresholds closer together for private vehicles (see yesterday's Europe, p.9, for details).
Outlining the proposal to journalists, Commissioner Frits Bolkestein said it was necessary because there is a huge difference between the rate of duty applied by the...