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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9460

4 July 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
Infringement proceedings against Italy and Portugal for excise tax irregularities

Brussels, 03/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission sent reasoned opinions to Italy and Portugal for infringements against Community provisions on excise tax. If the relevant national legislations are not amended within two months, the Commission may refer these matters to the European Court of Justice.

Italy is being investigated by the Commission for discriminatory taxation of regenerated lubricating oils collected on the Italian territory, which are taxed at a...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/REFORM OF EU:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: Calendar of formal and informal Council meetings in the second half of 2007
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Laszlo Kovacs prepares to call for rationalisation of rules authorising application of reduced VAT rates in EU
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission to present new anti-terrorist measures in autumn
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission presents mixed results in justice and home affairs scoreboard
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission triggers hostilities on wine sector reform
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Ban and Lamy urge members to save Doha talks
(EU) EU/EMU: Paris intends using margin for manoeuvre planned in stability pact and wants dialogue on exchange rate policy
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Eurozone growth continues despite slowdown in household consumption and exports
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission takes Finland to the Court of Justice for discrepancy in vehicle registration system
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Infringement proceedings against Italy and Portugal for excise tax irregularities
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission sends reasoned opinions to four member states for infringements to Community provisions on VAT
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission calls all interested parties to public hearing on new strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from new cars
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: ACEA satisfied with Environment Council conclusions on strategy to further reduce CO2 emissions from new cars
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Chris Davies, rapporteur on reduction strategy for CO2 emissions from cars, suggests more ambitious targets for 2015
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliamentary committees differ over critical infrastructure protection
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/REGIONAL: Study on extent of regional differences in EU
(EU) EP/EQUALITY: PES conference on equal opportunities for all, with Margot Wallström and Vladimir Spidla
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/CHINA: John Monks welcomes new Chinese law on employment contracts
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA:
(EU) EP/URBAN TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission opens public consultation in order to fine-tune its international ICT cooperation strategy
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission sets out essential objectives to be defended at this year's World Radiocommunication Conference
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court rules that some British financial sectors should be exempted from VAT
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Little data on products competing with milk - Consumers often misled
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/EIB: First EIB operation in Moldova to support road links improvement with EU
(EU) EU/EIB: €7 million loan to two banks in Gabon to finance medium and long term projects
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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