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[FYI] CEC again warns Belgium over taxes on satellite dishes
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- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 18:07:55 +0100
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Television services: Commission again warns Belgium over taxes on
satellite dishes
DN: IP/00/237 Date: 2000-03-09
TXT: FR EN NL
PDF: FR EN NL
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IP/00/237
Brussels, 9 March 2000
Television services: Commission again warns Belgium over taxes on
satellite dishes
The Commission has sent a letter to Belgium urging the Government to
respect Community law by ensuring the immediate and definitive repeal
throughout the country of all taxes levied on satellite dishes and
the refund of any taxes already paid. The Commission believes that
the tax levied by some local authorities ("communes") on satellite
dishes constitutes an obstacle to the cross-border reception and
distribution of television signals and therefore violates the
principle of the free movement of services as laid down in the Treaty
(Article 49).
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