30/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission explained that it will not agree to lowering VAT on CDs, as planned by the Spanish government. A spokesperson for Commissioner Bolkestein said on Friday that the Commission had not been notified of this and that under current rules, Member States do not have the option of applying reduced levels of VAT to CDs and the Commission did not include CDs in the new list of products published in July 2003, to which reduced VAT may be...