COMMISSION GOES TO COURT TO FORCE REFORM TO MALTESE SECOND HAND CAR LAWS
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission may take another tilt at allegedly discriminatory car taxation policies, this time launching legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against Malta. Brussels considers the Maltese registration tax system unfairly penalises second hand vehicles, charging more tax than on vehicles registered initially in Malta. Because many of these used cars are imported from other European Union (EU) member states, it deems this illegal, citing ECJ precedents: "The court has consistently held that...member state must not ...
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