Member States should be allowed to reduce VAT rates for a new category of goods and services, such as restaurant services, children's car seats, audio books, beauty treatments, and locally supplied services, if there is no distortion to competition in the EU Internal Market, says the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Eiropas Parlaments iepriekšējā plenārsesijā, 4. februārī, balsoja par direktīvu, kas ES līmenī noteiks minimālās sankcijas par nelegālo imigrantu nodarbināšanu — no naudas sodiem līdz kriminālatbildībai.