While supporting the extension of some temporary measures allowing specific Member States to impose lower than standard rates of VAT on certain goods and services, a report from the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee argues that all Member States should be able to use lower rates, if they wish, for locally supplied services and for basic goods and services where there is a clear social, economic or environmental benefit from doing so.
Eiropas Parlamenta ekonomisko un monetāro lietu komiteja atbalsta ierosinājumu saglabāt pašreizējo pagaidu kārtību, kas dalībvalstīm dažām precēm un pakalpojumiem ļauj noteikt zemākas pievienotās vērtības nodokļa likmes nekā izcelsmes valstī.