The European Commission is locked in an internal struggle over whether to raise the minimum duty on diesel fuel from 2012, with several EU capitals preparing for a similar battle, if the proposal is eventually adopted by the college of commissioners next week.
EU tax commissioner László Kovács is set to table a proposal to harmonize the minimum level of excise duties at €359 per 1000 litres of diesel in 2012 and subsequently at €380 in 2014, a move which would see most EU states increa...
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