Duty on information carriers

29.6.2012

Question for written answer E-006534/2012
to the Commission
Rule 117
Alexander Mirsky (S&D)

In the past five years, the duty on information carriers payable on purchase of recordable CD and DVD discs and other data-recording media, has risen sharply in Latvia.

According to the Latvian Ministry of Culture, duties paid on information carriers last year amounted to EUR 231 033 in Latvia, as compared with EUR 46 000 in Estonia and EUR 36 186 in Lithuania.

Can the Commission explain the unequal duty on information carriers payable in the different EU countries, and can it indicate which legislation regulates such duties?

OJ C 263 E, 12/09/2013