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Reports on the proposal of the European Union finance ministers on a poverty tax on air tickets to pay for aid to developing countries. Amount of tax recommended per passenger for intra-Europe and outside the region flights; Implications of the proposal for the airline industry; Potential impact of the poverty tax on the competitiveness of European carriers according to Sylviane Lust, director general of leisure airline trade body the International Air Carrier Association.

Reports on the failure of the European Union transport council to reach an agreement on changes to the taxation of heavy vehicles for using roads at its meeting in Luxembourg on October 7, 2004. Issues discussed during the meeting; Plan of the commission regarding the system of tolls in Europe; Objectives of the proposed revision to taxation.