European Parliament
President.
Question No 32 by David Robert Bowe 
Subject: Selling of goods via the Internet
Does the Commission agree that it seems a wholly unfair practice that the EU regulations allow companies based in countries outside the EU to sell goods via the Internet and then import them direct to the purchaser without payments of VAT, if the value of the goods falls below the, 'de minimis' level determined by the Commission?
Does the Commission not accept that this poses a serious threat to businesses and employment inside the EU? If not why not? If so what action does the Commission propose to remedy the situation?

