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		realusername on June 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: European Court Strikes Down Law Allowing Users to ... Same in France, except that it is so high that CDs are ~10x the price of the ones in Germany (literally) so everyone is buying their CDs in Germany instead (or any other country, even the UK has cheaper CDs). Copy related taxes per country in europe: http://static.pcinpact.com/images/bd/news/120599.png (In French but easily understandable)

colomon on June 20, 2015 [–]

Is that blank recordable CDs or actual music CDs?

realusername on June 20, 2015 | [–]

It's blank CDs and DVDs only, on this chart the tax is 35ct per CD and 1€ per DVD which seems about right.

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