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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9317
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/canada/trade

Commission calls for consultations at WTO on Canadian taxes on alcohol

Brussels, 29/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - In Geneva on Wednesday, the Commission tabled a request for consultations at the WTO with Canada, regarding its discriminatory taxation system, which favours wines and beers produced locally to the detriment of imported products. The new Canadian fiscal regime on alcohol, which has been applied provisionally since 1 July as it is still pending before the Canadian Parliament, reduces or removes totally all excise on local beers and wines made from 100%...

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