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Britain along with France first put forward the idea of reduced VAT on green products in a letter to EU finance ministers last year but got nowhere.

A top Commission official told reporters in January there was no convincing impact assessment on the issue, citing the example of a push bike as a green form of transport but which is made of steel whose production affects the environment.

A Commission legislative proposal to tax cars on how much a vehicle pollutes has made little progress among EU states.