 In some European communities there is a special tax imposed on the purchase of kosher meat to help support the community's educational institutions. In 2009 delegates at a meeting of the Rabbinical Council of Europe broadly agreed that the tax which supports the rabbinate, mikvo ’ os and other communal facilities should be reduced. "While the supermarket Tesco sells a whole chicken for £ 2, its kosher counterpart of similar weight costs five to six times more."
