EU Commission puts on hold plan for digital services levy

Reuters

12 July, 2021, 04:25 pm

Last modified: 12 July, 2021, 04:29 pm

EU Commission puts on hold plan for digital services levy

"We have decided to put on hold our work on our new digital levy as a new EU own resource," the spokesman told a news conference in Brussels

Reuters

12 July, 2021, 04:25 pm

Last modified: 12 July, 2021, 04:29 pm

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

The European Commission has decided to delay its plan to present a proposal later in July for a new levy on digital services, a spokesman said on Monday.

"We have decided to put on hold our work on our new digital levy as a new EU own resource," the spokesman told a news conference in Brussels.

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