Procedure
Value added tax (VAT): reduced rates
2008/0143(CNS)·6th term·ECON / IMCO·CNS - Consultation procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Indirect taxation, VAT, excise duties
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): VAN DEN BURG Ieke (PSE)
Summary
A consultation on value added tax (VAT) reduced rates, amending Directive 2006/112/EC. Amendments revise Annex III to allow reduced rates on pharmaceutical and absorbent hygiene products, books, newspapers and periodicals, audio books and CDs, energy-saving materials and appliances, agricultural goods, restaurant and catering services (including draught beer and cider), funeral monuments, street cleaning and waste services, and children's clothing and footwear.
22
Amendments
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13
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
18 Dec 2008
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
13 Members · by amendment count1🇩🇪
Heide RÜHLE
Greens / EFA · Germany
4
2🇫🇷Alain LIPIETZ
Greens / EFA · France
4
3🇭🇺Zsolt László BECSEY
PPE-DE · Hungary
4(4 solo)
4🇬🇷Katerina BATZELI
PSE · Greece
3(3 solo)
5🇫🇷Brigitte FOURÉ
PPE-DE · France
3(3 solo)
6🇱🇺Astrid LULLING
European People's Party (EPP) · Luxembourg
2(2 solo)
7🇬🇧John PURVIS
PPE-DE · United Kingdom
2(2 solo)
8🇮🇹Roberta ANGELILLI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
1
9🇬🇷Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU
PPE-DE · Greece
1
10🇸🇰Anna ZÁBORSKÁ
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovakia
1
11🇬🇷Margaritis SCHINAS
PPE-DE · Greece
1(1 solo)
12🇬🇧Jonathan EVANS
PPE-DE · United Kingdom
1(1 solo)
13🇩🇪Bernhard RAPKAY
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
1(1 solo)
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