Commission launches debate on VAT on 'green' products

摘要

While awaiting a "more global" revision of the field of application of reduced VAT rates~1, the European Commission wishes to gather, as of now, the opinions of operators with regard to the application of reduced VAT rates to "products that are respectful of the environment~2". In its public consultation, launched on 11 March, the Commission thus poses eight specific questions on this theme, in the absence of more in-depth studies. Energy saving. The Commission asks its interlocutors whether they can propose criteria to distinguish the various products or services that are respectful of the environment, to which reduced rates of VAT could be applied.