EU MINISTERS OPPOSE FRENCH HIGH CO2 IMPORTS VAT PROPOSALS
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have opposed proposals suggested by the French government earlier this year that products imported into the EU including cars, should attract additional VAT if they either emit excess CO2 or their manufacture involved profligate greenhouse gas pollution. The idea was discussed by EU finance ministers last week, but received little support.
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EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have opposed proposals suggested by the French government earlier this year that products imported into the EU including cars, should attract additional VAT if they either emit excess CO2 or their manufacture involved profligate greenhouse gas pollution. The idea was discussed by EU finance ministers last week, but received little support.
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