Titolo: An invoice shows the 19.6 percent tax on

Descrizione: An invoice shows the 19.6 percent tax on a meal at a restaurant in Paris on March 10, 2009. EU finance ministers reached a long-sought deal today to allow especially reduced sales, or value added, tax on certain services, including restaurants. Normally, EU countries cannot apply a VAT rate of less than 15 percent in order to avoid big price discrepancies across the EU single market, and allowing any exemptions requires unanimous backing from all member states. AFP PHOTO CAROLINE VENTEZOU (Photo credit should read Caroline VENTEZOU/AFP/Getty Images)

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