State Aid Rulings for Member States, including Ireland
The European Commission has ordered a partial recovery of energy tax breaks in Ireland. Ireland fully exempts from excise duty mineral oils used as fuel for alumina production.
The Commission has also ordered the partial recovery of energy tax breaks in France and Italy. The German energy tax exemptions were endorsed by the Commission.
Click http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/160&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en for further information on the energy tax breaks rulings.