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Italy Skirts EU Debt Rules by Tightening Budget
July 10, 2019
Politico reports that the Italian government has, for now, escaped sanctions from the European Commission over the country’s high debt and deficit, which breach EU budget rules, by recouping billions of euros from value-added tax payments and lowering social-program expenditures.
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EU Rules Establish Tax Dispute Resolution System
July 03, 2019
New EU rules have entered into force setting up a bloc-wide system for resolving tax disputes among EU member states that involves taxpayers requiring national governments to set up an independent Advisory Commission to settle individual double-taxation disputes.
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EU Agency Warns of Lack of Progress on Some SDGs
July 03, 2019
EU statistics agency Eurostat has published a report evaluating the progress of EU institutions and member states toward fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), finding movement away from achieving SDGs on climate change and “industry, innovation, and infrastructure.”
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Lawyer Calls for Reset of Brexit Trade Negotiations
July 03, 2019
Barrister Martin Howe QC calls on the next UK Prime Minister to scrap the previous withdrawal agreement concluded with the EU in favor of a simple UK-EU free trade agreement that would serve as a bridge to a future healthy and robust trading relationship between the UK and EU and between the UK and other countries.
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EU Rules Require Noise Emitters on All Electric Cars
July 02, 2019
The BBC reports that new EU rules have entered into force requiring that electric cars introduced into the bloc include a noise-emitting device that sounds like a traditional engine to reduce the risk of collisions with pedestrians who cannot hear approaching vehicles.
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