Brussels, 16/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 14 December, just prior to the European Council, Europa Nostra, the European-wide cultural heritage federation, called on European Heads of State and Government to introduce reduced VAT rates for renovation of historic buildings (see EUROPE 9083 on last Ecofin Council). In a letter addressed to the participants of the summit, Otto von der Gablentz, the president of the federation, calls for the “inclusion of a category for the renovation of private...