ECJ TELLS POLAND TO LIBERALISE USED CARS IMPORT RULES
January 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has told Poland to harmonise its excise duty for used cars imported from other European Union (EU) countries with that paid on cars initially sold in Poland. The court ruled that the fact excise charged on imported used cars rose according to their age up to a maximum of 65% (depending on engine size), discriminated against imported used cars, because excise duty is only charged on cars originally used in Poland when they are new, and at a lower rate. Judges said this broke Article 90 of the Treaty of European ...
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