Today, the Commission decided to register a European Citizens' Initiative entitled ‘The Green VAT - An EU Green VAT to stimulate sustainable and eco-friendly products and services’. The organisers of the initiative call on the Commission to propose a legal act with the aim of ‘reducing the VAT rate for green products and services’.

Also today, the Commission had to refuse the registration of the ‘EVE initiative for the creation of the right to decide’. This refusal, first since the introduction of the new rules in January 2020, followed on a two-stage procedure. At the first stage, the organisers were invited to amend their initial initiative, taking into account the first assessment of the Commission.