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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9349
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

Community law requires Polish excise duties to treat used cars registered in Poland and those imported from another Member State in similar fashion

Luxemburg, 22/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - In its judgment in case C-313/05 of 18 January, the Court of Justice says that excise duties in Poland on vehicles imported from another Member State must be comparable to those which are already registered in the country. The system used in Poland to calculate the amount of excise duty to be paid on imported cars was anti-competitive, because it discriminated against such cars on the Polish market. An amendment to the Polish legislation in question...

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