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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9622

14 March 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
Opinion on review of tax of commercial diesel

Brussels, 13/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 13 March, the European Parliament adopted an advisory opinion on the proposal for a directive to bring taxation levels of commercial diesel applied across the EU closer together (see EUROPE 9385). Rejecting all six amendments put down by the Greens/EFA group, Parliament approved the draft report submitted by economic and monetary affairs committee. “Fuel accounts for about 25% of the road hauliers' primary costs. Consequently, such widely...

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