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László Kovács is “sympathetic” to French idea of levying carbon tax at EU borders

Brussels, 25/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with this newsletter on Thursday 24 September 2009, EU Taxation Commissioner László Kovács said he was sympathetic to the French idea carbon tax idea although many areas of it, like international trade, would have to be taken into consideration. He said the European Commission would reach agreement on the issue but there was not yet any draft legislation on the table. Kovács gave the example of the European steel industry, which is...

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