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". – I should like to answer Mr Bowe's question.
It is indeed correct that Member States may exempt from VAT small-value commercial consignments from third countries, but these
thresholds, which may be set at either EUR 10 or EUR 22, are not determined by the Commission but rather have been laid down in Article 22 of Council Directive 83/181/EEC. Moreover, these relief thresholds are optional. Member States may therefore choose to apply VAT on the importation of goods which have been purchased by mail order. Some Member States, such as Belgium, do so.
The Commission is aware of the potentially competitive distortions that may arise from commercial third-country
supplies of goods. A technical working group, chaired by my services, has established that an increasing range of products such as DVDs, video games, flowers, contact lenses, books, other printed matter and CDs are imported regularly from third countries. The level of economic distortions cannot be established without further economic analysis.
On the Commission's initiative Member States have agreed to carry out detailed economic surveys to analyse the economic dimension of this problem. In particular it is necessary to establish whether the potential competitive distortions arising from the application of the EUR 10 or EUR 22 tax relief pose a serious threat to business and employment inside the European Union. Further initiatives at Community level will depend on the outcome of these surveys."@en1
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