Second hand car buyers in Malta recently filed a judicial protest in the Civil Court claiming that the imposition of vehicle registration tax and VAT on imported second-hand cars was in violation of EU law.

The four men said the money requested of them by the authorities were in violation of the EU Treaty.

In fact, the European Commission had already warned the government of Malta that the imposition of registration tax and VAT on the importation of second-hand vehicles was illegal and abusive.

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