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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8588

20 November 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/taxation
EP rejects Commission proposal for harmonising diesel (consultation)

Strasbourg, 19/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Parliament called on the European Commission to withdraw its proposal to harmonise tax on the fuel used hauliers as well as harmonisation of the levels of duty on diesel and petrol for private car users. It followed the line of its economic committee and rapporteur Piia-Noora Kauppi (EPP-ED, Finland), according to whom, this harmonisation was not justified from an environmental or competition point of view. Ms Kauppi...

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