EU air fuel tax outrages industry

March 31 2000

European finance ministers have agreed to discuss proposals for an air fuel tax on commercial aircraft. An ECOFIN (European Economic and Financial Affairs) council meeting on March 14 listened to European Commission (EC) plans for the tax, which would levy anything from 10-245 euros per 1000 litres of aviation fuel.

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