Maria Assimakopoulou
Maria Assimakopoulou
agreement everybody including lose
If we have this agreement, everybody is going to gain, including Poland. And if we don't have this agreement, everybody will lose including Poland.
change clear level situations standard
The situations is clear ... they have to change the situation and come back to the level of standard VAT.
difficult operate
You all know how difficult it is to operate with unanimity.
apply european legally member minimum rate reduced standard states
Legally all member states that apply reduced rates, they have to come back to the minimum standard VAT rate in the European Union, which is 15 percent.
according countries national nine
VAT is levied according to national laws, so the nine countries would have to amend their legislation accordingly.
agreement hope join poland
We still hope that Poland will join this agreement.
certain laws member move national order pass practice regime
In practice, probably member states, some of them if not all of them, will have to pass laws in national parliaments in order to move from one regime to the other and this can take a certain time.