Brussels, 06/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission formally requested Hungary to amend its legislation on environmental charges applicable to beverage containers. Although it is in favour of environmental schemes, the Commission considers that the criteria applied by Hungary are not objective (very different rates of tax depending on the contents), that they are discriminatory (widely differing tax rates geared towards re-use rather than recycling), and that they are biased against foreign products, the containers of which are recycled because transporting them back to their place of origin for re-use would entail high additional costs. This discrimination, the Commission states, constitutes a breach of Article 90 of the EC Treaty. (ol)