The Lithuanian parliament voted on Tuesday to establish fines of thousands of euros on retailers for giving out free plastic bags thicker than 15 microns.
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The leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union admits that the proposed new turnover-based tax on major retailers will not be introduced in January as he expected.
The new taxes for major retailers and banks, proposed by the ruling parties in Lithuania, could be introduced in the middle of the next year at the earliest, Rima Baskiene, a deputy speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, says.
Lithuania must inform the European Commission about its plans to introduce a turnover-based tax on major retailers next year, EuroCommerce, the main European body for the retail and wholesale sector, has said.
Representatives of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union have proposed introducing a new trade tax for retailers with an annual turnover of over 2 million euros, excluding VAT, since 2020.
