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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9405
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/taxation

MEPs call for removal of excise duty on alcoholic beverages

Brussels, 12/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 11 April, members of the economic and monetary affairs committee in the European Parliament adopted, by a slim majority, the consultative report by Astrid Lulling (EPP-ED, Luxembourg) on the draft directive adjusting minimum excise duty levels on alcohol in line with inflation (see EUROPE 9261). They called for these minimum levels to be scrapped and suggested replacing directive 92/84/EEC with a code of conduct. The EP will hold a first...

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