# Council Decision of 20 December 2007 authorising France to apply a reduced rate of taxation to unleaded petrol used as motor fuel and consumed in the Corsican departments in accordance with Article 19 of Directive 2003/96/EC (Only the French text is authentic) (2007/880/EC), Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

France is hereby authorised to apply a reduced rate of taxation to unleaded petrol used as motor fuel and consumed in the Corsican departments.
In order to avoid any over-compensation, the reduction must not go beyond the additional costs of transport, storage and distribution compared with mainland France.
The reduced rate must comply with the obligations in Directive 2003/96/EC, in particular the minimum rates referred to in Article 7.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/880/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-880/article-1
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