The European Union is taking the U.K. to court in two cases involving its tax system and the application of the regional bloc's natural gas rules.
The European Union is taking the U.K. to court in two cases involving
its tax system and the application of the regional bloc's natural gas rules.
In one of a host of so-called infringement cases announced Thursday by the
European Commission, the
U.K.
was
referred to the European Court of Justice for abolishing the right of taxpayers
to be reimbursed for taxes paid in breach of EU law.
EU law says the reimbursement of taxes should not be made impossible or
excessively difficult but that the
U.K.
had
abolished one of the processes used by taxpayers seeking repayment. The
Commission said "no proper transitional rules" had been provided and
it is "therefore practically impossible...to exercise the rights conferred
by EU law."
The EU's executive is also referring the
U.K.
and
Ireland
to
court over cross-border gas provision rules.
The Commission said that the gas pipeline connecting
Ireland
and
Northern
Ireland
1s not open to the market. It
also said that on the gas pipeline connecting
Scotland
to
Northern
Ireland
, short-term services are not
available.
As a result, the EU said the
U.K.
and
Ireland
are
not complying with rules which say member states must offer the "maximum
interconnection capacity" for cross border gas trade.
The Commission noted
U.K.
and
Irish plans to create a cross-boarder market but said the project had been
delayed and that it was therefore going ahead with the infringement case.
In other cases, the Commission referred
Portugal
to
court for failing to implement a law concerning distance marketing of consumer
financial services into national law. The Commission said
Portugal
had
failed to protect consumer rights to withdraw from a service contract.
It also took
Bulgaria
court
for failing to implement rules injecting competition in the railway sector.
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