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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8262

25 July 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Commission takes Greece to Court of Justice for its tax on pleasure craft

Brussels, 24/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to take Greece to the Court of Justice because of a special tax on pleasure craft entering Greek territorial waters, which it considers as a tax with equivalent effect to import duties contrary to the treaty. The Greek Law of 1999 introduced this tax on private pleasure craft more than 7m in length entering Greek territorial waters and which have no permanent mooring in a Greek port. No service is actually rendered to...

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