EU COMPETITION authorities have warned France, Belgium and Germany, while opening a full investigation into Dutch port taxation methods they suspect violate European law, Reuters reports.
The European Commission has already told the Dutch to abolish the corporate tax exemption for public companies, arguing it gave its agencies unfair advantage over their private counterparts.
The Netherlands agreed to comply, but it kept the exemption in place for the ports of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Zeeland, Groningen and Moerdijk.
The commission also warned France and Belgium it had similar suspicions and called on Germany to provide detail of its own port tax schemes.
"The commission needs to verify that public companies, including port operators, are not given more favourable tax treatment than their private competitors," said EU antitrust commissioner Joaquin Almunia.
IMO&EU NEWS
16 July 2014 - 06:02
EU probes Dutch port tax scheme, warns France, Belgium and Germany
EU COMPETITION authorities have warned France, Belgium and Germany, while opening a full investigation into Dutch port taxation methods they suspect violate European law, Reuters reports.
IMO&EU NEWS
16 July 2014 - 06:02
EU probes Dutch port tax scheme, warns France, Belgium and Germany
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