GREECE TEMPORARY CAR TAX DECLARED ILLEGAL BY ECJ
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has failed to prove that the levying of national registration taxes on cars brought into Greece by non-resident European Union (EU) citizens who are transferred to that country for more than six months breaks EU law, the European Court of Justice has ruled. Brussels had argued that the law was "disproportionate" and contrary to EU treaty provisions banning "discriminatory tax provisions", but judges ruled that six months was long enough for Greek vehicle taxes to kick in legitimately. The court even accepted Greece could ...
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