Brussels, 22/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 21 June, the economic and monetary affairs committee adopted the report by Karin Riis-Jorgensen (ALDE, Denmark) on the draft directive on taxation of private motor cars (see EUROPE 8984 and 8973). This supports the general approach of the legislative proposal phasing out registration tax on private cars over a period of ten years. There would be an accompanying increase in annual road fund tax whose tax base would contain an environmental...