Brussels, 27/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the time of going to press, it seemed very unlikely that the Czech Republic, Poland and Cyprus would give their final answer by Sunday on the agreement reached by 22 Member States on reduced rates of VAT (value added tax).
In the meantime, consultations continued between the Austrian EU Presidency and the above three States. Bohuslav Sobotka, Czech Finance Minister, was in Budapest on Friday where he met his Polish counterpart and Austrian...