Excise duty and VSS: application by France of a reduced rate on ‘traditional' rum produced in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion in 2014-2020
2013/0413(CNS)
The European Parliament adopted by 455 votes to 94, with 22 abstentions – within the framework of a special legislative procedure (consultation of Parliament) – a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision authorising France to apply a reduced rate of certain indirect taxes on ‘traditional’ rum produced in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion and amending Decision 2007/659/EC.
Following the Committee on Regional Development, the European Parliament approved the Commission proposal without amendment.