European Commission backs tax reduction on ebooks
4 July 2012
European Commission (EC) vice-president Neelie Kroes has backed a call by European publishing chiefs for the rate of value-added tax (VAT) on ebooks to be reduced. Publishing chiefs representing Penguin,...
EU Competition Commission to investigate Apple agency pricing agreements
6 December 2011
The European Union (EU) Competition Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into agency pricing agreements for ebooks between Apple and five major international publishers. The commission said in a...