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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9115

24 January 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/vat
Grasser hopes for "broad agreement" on reduced rates

Brussels, 23/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - "I have the impression that we may be able to reach a broad agreement " at Tuesday's Ecofin Council, on the dossier on reduced rate of VAT, Council President Karl-Heinz Grasser told the economic and monetary committee of the EP on Monday. Certain Member States have agreed to keep the status quo, but are refusing to include new services in the exceptional list of highly labour-intensive services which are entitled to reduced rates, he said. He explained...

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