Brussels, 09/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - Value added tax (VAT) exemptions granted to services of general interest listed in the Sixth VAT Directive (77/388/EEC) may cause an uneven playing field between public and private operators or between profit-making and non-profit-making bodies. The Commission is aware of this phenomenon, caused by the privatisation of certain services of general interest since the EU legislation came into force, and is currently carrying out a root-and-branch review of...