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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8654

27 February 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/taxation
MEPs confirm opposition to VAT on public postal services

Brussels, 26/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs suggests that the Parliament in plenary reject the Commission's proposal to impose VAT on public postal service companies. It is, however, the Council that has the last word in this taxation area.

In May 2003, the European Commission had proposed an amendment to the 6th VAT Directive for generalising application of VAT to all postal services. It thus hoped to place the private sector...

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