EU slaps 'Davros tax' on mobility scooters
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Import duty contains battery-powered pensioner menace RoTM The EU has moved to restrict the number of mobility scooters available to a machine uprising on the UK streets by slapping import duty on the vehicles, the Telegraph reports.â¦
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The European Union has imposed a 222.3-million-euro (151 million pound) fine on Europe&#39;s main makers of copper plumbing pipes for fixing prices and dividing up the market.
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Russiaâs Federal Tax Service has presented the countryâs second largest mobile operator VimpelCom with tax claims for 2001. The total amount of claims including fines and penalties is 4.4 billion rubles ($157 million).
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EU lawmakers endorsed a deal Wednesday to cap mobile phone roaming fees in the 27-nation bloc
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Don't tap the PM's phone... Ericsson has been hit with a â¬7.36m ($10m) fine for its role in tapping mobile phones belonging to the Greek prime minister and members of his Cabinet.â¦
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Europeans are paying high prices to send cell-phone text messages or use mobile Internet services outside their own country, the EU's telecoms chief said Thursday, just months after the EU capped roaming charges for calls.
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HMRC figures it out Missing trader or carousel fraud cost Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Â£3bn in the last financial year.â¦
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Former motorcycling world champion Valentino Rossi agrees to hand over 19m euros in unpaid taxes.
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Electronics manufacturers railed   against a European tax on recordable discs and music players   like iPods on Friday, even as a Dutch industry group was   getting ready to impose new local levies on recordable media.
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The European Commission calls on the UK government to phase out a tax break for offshore companies based in Gibraltar.
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The European Commission has received a  complaint that a disputed levy on electronic gadgets to  compensate for private copying of music distorts the EU's  internal market, a top official at the bloc's executive said.
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EU governments yesterday agreed to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad, the last hurdle for a cap on roaming fees to be introduced later this summer.
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An EU directive adopted last year mandates recycling rates for batteries, but consumer habits are making it hard for member states to comply.
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Greek phone taps Ericsson has been hit with a â¬7.36m ($10m) fine for its role in tapping mobile phones belonging to the Greek prime minister and members of his Cabinet.â¦
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Ruled not to be uncompetitive The much-awaited Euro Tariff cap for mobile phone roaming took one more step towards becoming law today, with approval from the EU ministers in charge of competitiveness.â¦
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Greece can continue to tax its trademark liqueur ouzo at half the other rate of other alcohols, the European Union's highest court ruled Tuesday.
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The European Parliament voted to impose retail price caps on roaming charges, fees that mobile phone consumers pay when making or receiving calls outside of their home calling zones. The European Council of Ministers, which has already endorsed the plan, is scheduled to approve the price caps formally June 7. As early as August, the charges will be limited to 0.49 euro (66 cents) a minute for outgoing calls and 0.24 euro for incoming calls, excluding tax.