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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9819

16 January 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

15/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - In its 15 January conclusions, the Advocate General, Juliane Kokott, declared that it is legally justifiable that the British system exempts the Royal Mail from VAT. Kokott justified her conclusions by the fact that the British post office provides a universal service and is “defined and controlled in the general interest” (C-357/07). This is not to the liking of its rival TNT Post Ltd UK, which went to the High Court of Justice of England and Wales against...

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