Brussels, 13/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Council is to wait for the Commission's new VAT strategy in June before taking a decision on new rules for VAT refunds and deductions on cross-border operations. Council President Nikos Christodoulakis had to take the decision to suspend the discussion, because differences in opinion between the Member States remained pronounced. The Commission had proposed modifications to the 6th VAT directive in 1998, on the one hand to standardise and simplify...