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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8849

16 December 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
Spain must repeal law exempting Catholic Church from VAT, said Maurizio Turco

Brussels, 15/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - In a press release, former MEP Maurizio Turco has hit out at the attitude demonstrated by Spain and the European Commission towards the Spanish law exempting the Church from paying value-added tax. The Italian radical criticises the refusal of the Zapatero government to repeal this law, drawn up by Josep Borrell in his day, and which infringes Community legislation. The former MEP says that he cannot understand the attitude of the Commission and,...

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