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[FYI] CEC again warns Belgium over taxes on satellite dishes



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Television services: Commission again warns Belgium over taxes on 
satellite dishes 


 DN: IP/00/237     Date: 2000-03-09


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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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