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Is this specific for drives? I thought the whole European single market thing was to prevent taxing of stuff bought inside the single market? (serious question)
by seer 7y ago
Is this specific for drives? I thought the whole European single market thing was to prevent taxing of stuff bought inside the single market? (serious question)
- starfox64_ 7y agoThey have different pricing depending on the type of storage medium (Phone/USB Drive/Regular HDD) https://www.copiefrance.fr/images/documents/tarifs_FR_2019_06_rev_-_D19.pdf https://www.copiefrance.fr/images/documents/tarifs_FR_2019_0... Looking into it, it seems to not be considered a tax as it's not collected by the government, it also states that if you are importing a drive from a country that also collects such a "tax" you should seek to be reimbursed from the exporting country and pay the "tax" to the importing country. Their FAQ: https://www.copiefrance.fr/fr/ressources/questions-reponses https://www.copiefrance.fr/fr/ressources/questions-reponses
- Lutzb 7y agoThank you for the links, I was not aware that the consumer is legally required to pay the "copyright tax" on EU imported storage media falling under this ruling.