Translation of "exemption from fuel tax " (English → French) :

(e) in the case of revenues derived from motive fuel taxes from the sale of diesel fuel referred to in paragraph (e) of that definition, revenues derived from taxes imposed by a province or territory on final purchasers of diesel fuel used in an internal combustion engine, including railway fuel, other than taxes on the sale of liquefied petroleum gas;

(g) in the case of motive fuel taxes derived from the sale of diesel fuel referred to in paragraph (g) of that definition, taxes imposed by a province on final purchasers of diesel fuel used in an internal combustion engine, including railway fuel, other than taxes or levies referred to in subparagraph (d)(iii) and taxes on the sale of liquefied petroleum gas;

Council Directive 69/169/EEC of 28 May 1969 on the harmonisation of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to exemption from turnover tax and excise duty on imports in international travel established a Community system of tax exemptions.

2. Member States shall have the right to reduce the quantities of the products referred to in paragraph 1 eligible for exemption from turnover tax and excise duties, or to abolish exemption for such products altogether.

Provision should be made for the exemption from turnover taxes and excise duties of imports of small consignments of goods of a non-commercial character from third countries.

TAXATION 1. As part of the programme to complete the internal market by 31 December 1992, the Community has achieved unprecedented results in the field of taxation since 1989: - The Council has, at the Commission's proposal, adopted all the basic legislation necessary to abolish customs and tax-related checks at the internal frontiers from 1 January 1993. - VAT and excise-duty rates have been aligned in the Community by fixing common minimum rates applicable from 1 January 1993 (normal minimum VAT rate: 15%), and increased VAT rates have been abolished. - The main cases of double taxation affecting cooperation between businesses in diff ...[+++]erent Member States were abolished with effect from 1 January 1992. - Innovative proposals have been made in the area of environmental protection: wide-ranging tax exemption for fuels of agricultural origin and the introduction, under certain conditions, of a tax on CO2.