Brussels, 18/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 18 May, the Council of Ministers of the EU adopted, in every language except English (the English version having been adopted by the EU27 on 5 May), a decision authorising the United Kingdom to extend its measure exempting it from the common system of value added tax (VAT).
In view of the serious nature of VAT fraud in the United Kingdom, London had asked for authorisation to continue to apply a derogation provided for by directive...