FRANCE FUEL DUTY EXEMPTIONS EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLCONCESSIONS have been given to France to lower excise duty charged on unleaded petrol and diesel, notably allowing its regional governments to set their own rates where there is political pressure to cut fuel prices. The European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has allowed France to apply reduced levels of taxation to unleaded petrol and diesel, provided cuts are no greater than Euro 35.40 per 1,000 litres of unleaded or Euro 23 per 1,000 litres of diesel. Also, the reductions must not exceed any difference between diesel duty charged to ...
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