BRUSSELS CONFIRMS DENMARK FAT TAX PROBE
February 8th, 2015
THE EUROPEAN Commission has confirmed to just-food that it is probing whether exemptions to Denmark’s short-lived ‘fat tax’ generated unfair fiscal advantages for certain meat and dairy companies. It has launched a ‘state aid’ inquiry using the European Union’s (EU) competition powers, which will wrap up within 18 months – the decision to go ahead was made on Tuesday (Feb 3). The tax came into effect in October 2011, and levied special taxes on food products containing more than 2.3% saturated fat. But it was scrapped in January 2013, over ...
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