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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8423

19 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
Italy, Spain and Belgium may block agreement on energy and savings taxes at Wednesday's ECOFIN Council

Brussels 18/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - Italy, Spain and Belgium may once more block agreement on savings tax and energy tax at the extraordinary ECOFIN Council in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon. In theory the EU should reach agreement on the tax package, including energy tax, the Code of Conduct on company taxation and the directive on taxing interest and dividends, in order to forward it to the European Council on Friday. Ministers are also expected to strike a deal on energy taxation, but...

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