COMMISSION GOES TO COURT TO FORCE REFORM TO MALTESE SECOND HAND CAR LAWS
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is formally threatening Malta with legal action at the European Court of Justice alleging its registration tax system illegally overcharges secondhand vehicles. A minimum tax rate applies for used cars, and not new cars. Because many secondhand vehicles are imported from other European Union member states, Brussels considers this an illegal trade barrier.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission is formally threatening Malta with legal action at the European Court of Justice alleging its registration tax system illegally overcharges secondhand vehicles. A minimum tax rate applies for used cars, and not new cars. Because many secondhand vehicles are imported from other European Union member states, Brussels considers this an illegal trade barrier.
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