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EU court challenge for Greek 'registration' tax
26th September 2002, Page 11
26th September 2002
Page 11
Page 11, 26th September 2002
— EU court challenge for Greek 'registration' tax
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• The Greek government is being taken to the European Court of Justice over its insistence that every truck driver should pay registration taxes in Greece to use his vehicle temporarily in that country, even though it is legally registered in another Eli member state.
Judges will be asked by the European Commission to order Athens to abolish the system and allow foreign EU drivers to deliver goods in Greece without paying the tax. The fines could be declared illegal under EU law.
Brussels adds that the Greek rule was backed up by "regular seizures, confiscations and auction sales of vehicles, prosecutions for smuggling and severe penalties". It accuses Greece of breaking European free trade restrictions.
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