Brussels, 17/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on 14 November, the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee adopted two advisory reports by Zsolt Laszlo Becsey (Hungary, ALDE) on VAT. The two reports will probably be adopted at the second plenary in November (November 30-1 December).
The MEPs are calling for the extension until 2010 of the application of standard rate VAT of 15%. By a small majority (16 to 10 with 5 abstentions), they recommend a maximum standard...