BRUSSELS LETS SLIP CARBON TAX WARNING
November 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MAJOR shake up of European Union (EU) fuel taxation could be unveiled in the New Year, with the European Commission drafting proposals to insist duties are adjusted to take account of the climate change impact of transport. Thomas Carroll, head of unit for excise duties and transport, environment and energy taxes at the European Commission told an Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) meeting the incoming new Commission could review the EU's 2003 energy taxation directive "hopefully early in the New Year". This could ...
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