ITALY CENSURED OVER EU SOLID FUEL LAW
October 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has censured Italy over its failure to implement European Union (EU) directive 2003/96/EC, which extended minimum EU rates of taxation from liquid to sold fuels, such as coal. The Italian government has blamed administrative delays for missing the December 2003 deadline to impose the minimum rates.
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THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has censured Italy over its failure to implement European Union (EU) directive 2003/96/EC, which extended minimum EU rates of taxation from liquid to sold fuels, such as coal. The Italian government has blamed administrative delays for missing the December 2003 deadline to impose the minimum rates.
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