Strasbourg, 16/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - In its adoption of the report by German Social Democrat Christa Randio-Plath, the EP has approved the extension by two years until 31 December 2005, of the facility to allow Member States to apply reduced rates of VAT for certain labour-intensive services. The issue will be on the agenda of next Tuesday's Ecofin Council (see EUROPE of 19 December, p.9, for the European Commission's proposal). The Parliament also pointed out that it believes that three...