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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9385
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation

Commission suggests raising minimum rate of tax on commercial diesel fuel to €359 in 2012 and €380 in 2014

Strasbourg, 13/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - After a “long, very lively but constructive debate”, the Commission adopted a draft directive aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Laszlo Kovacs, Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, told the press on Tuesday 13 March. Road transport largely contributes to these emissions, he added, mainly because hauliers think nothing of making large detours to fill up their tanks in member states where taxation is lower. Suggesting that the...

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