Excise duties on mineral oils (amend. Direct. 92/12/EEC, 92/81/EEC and 92/82/EEC)

Parliament approved the Commission proposal subject to two amendments aimed at: - doing away with the exemption for products subject to excise duty to be used by monarchs or heads of state; - granting the Commission greater responsibility as well as a greater capacity for reaction with regard to the application of the directive. In particular, the Commission, taking account of the committee's opinion, could adopt measures which applied immediately, but if they were not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, or in the absence of any opinion, the Council could change or cancel these measures within three months. The Commission accepted this amendment in part. �