MILK QUOTAS – TAX
May 1st, 2003
Keith NuthallEUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have signalled that they are preparing to cave into Italian government blackmail tying its agreement to a proposed comprehensive tax package to the waiving of fines levied on Italian milk producers for exceeding their common agricultural policy quotas.At a meeting of the Council of Ministers for finance (Ecofin), treasury ministers took a political decision to reach final approval of the long debated tax harmonisation package, ordering their permanent representatives committee (Coreper) "to work on the Italian ...
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