“The EU merely sets the rules of which goods can be optionally integrated into a reduced or overwhelming factor”
ND spoke about Fake News by the opposition to impose a VAT reduction by EU. OR ND In a statement, she stresses that what Greece is said to have complied with the compulsory VAT reductions in medicines, food and essentials imposed by the EU and is therefore threatened with fines and will be led to the WEU, is fake news.
According to ND the truth is:
“The opposition deliberately insists on linking and confusing the letter received by the government to integrate the compulsory data of Directive 2022/542, with which Greece has fully complied, with the coefficients with the coefficients. VAT which are exclusively national jurisdiction under Community law.
We explain:
The EU does not impose horizontal/mandatory VAT reductions per product category.
The European Framework (EU Directive 2022/542) enables Member States to decide at national level, which categories will apply reduced rates.
There is no decision to oblige Greece to further reduce VAT to specific goods (eg food, medicines, essentials, etc., which is noted to be at a reduced rate). There is no “indictment” or “fine” because Greece has not reduced VAT in specific categories.
The EU merely sets the rules on which goods can be optionally integrated into a reduced or overwhelming rate and which is not allowed to reduce it. Each country decides on its own in which categories of goods/services will apply reduced or super -rates. These arise directly from Article 98 of the Directive and the relevant annex.
The current European procedures relate to different provisions of a compulsory nature that our country has already adopted by the adoption of the Customs Code. Similar European processes have been initiated in many countries at the same time.
This is the transfer to the national law of the compulsory nature of the articles of the Directive, such as the extension of the regime of small businesses to tax-established taxes established in another Member State and special arrangements relating to imported goods, which in our country were adopted by the Customs Code voted in July 20.
What is said, therefore, for “fines because we did not reduce VAT on specific goods” is outside of any reality.
On the contrary, it is recalled that these 6 years the New Democracy government has reduced VAT to a number of goods and services that include transport (land, air and maritime), fertilizers, feed, agricultural machinery, coffee and non -alcoholic beverages, A series of goods associated with public health (personal hygiene and protection, filters and dialysis lines, defibrillators) and more. “