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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9532
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation

Franco-British letter in favour of reduced rates for low energy products

Brussels, 26/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - The spokesperson to Commissioner Kovács who has responsibility for taxation issues, announced on Friday 26 October that the Commission has received a letter signed by the French and British finance ministers, pleading in favour of reduced VAT rates on green products. The level of these reduced rates would remain at the discretion of the member states, within Community limits. This letter is the materialisation of declarations made in July by British...

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