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APD type taxes are levied in France, Germany, Austria - at much lower rates than APD admittedly. Germany goes up to €53 max. Netherlands had one but withdrew it because it was costing the economy a lot more than it was bringing in. Belgium planned one but saw what was happening in the Netherlands and scrapped the plan."
Denmark also scrapped it and Ireland changed their's to Eu 3.00 (£2.50ish)
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Wrong. If you fly long haul from UK via one of these hubs you still pay long haul APD - unless you purchase two separate tickets (almost certainly more expensive and no protection in the case of missed connections."
Correct me if this wrong, but
AFAIK, it can be done one ticket, by booking a multi-sector journey, with a 24 hour stopover at the European hub on the outward journey, e.g on KL: LHR-AMS on monday; AMS-NRT on tuesday.