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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11179

18 October 2014
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ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) taxation
Germany must amend tax rules on legacies to foreign charities

Brussels, 17/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 16 October, the European Commission sent Germany a reasoned opinion requesting that it amend its discriminatory inheritance tax legislation, with regard to legacies to charities in other member states or European Economic Area countries. German legislation treats legacies to charities established in other EU/EEA States less favourably than legacies to certain charities established in Germany. Domestic charities are granted an exemption from...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) GREECE: Athens gives up on idea of clean exit from aid programme
(AE) STATISTICS: Eurostat extends use of SEC 2010
(AE) TAXATION: Germany must amend tax rules on legacies to foreign charities
(AE) TAXATION: Hungary must end car leasing restrictions
(AE) TAXATION: Romania must end discriminatory taxation on interest payments
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Human trafficking - 30,146 victims recorded in Europe in 2010-2012
(AE) JHA: Italy sent to Court of Justice over victim compensation scheme
(AE) JHA: Four member states asked to respect EU visa code
(AE) CLIMATE: European summit needs to strike the right balance
(AE) DIGITAL: EU and Japan join forces to deliver fast internet
(AE) FISHERIES: Problems implementing landing obligation
(AE) FISHERIES: Ban on driftnets - Commission called upon to review its copy
(AE) SINGLE MARKET: Germany hindered freedom of movement of construction products
(AE) SINGLE MARKET: Sweden before Court over gambling
(AE) REGIONS: Following Austria, more than ten partnership agreements to be signed
(AE) TRANSPORT: Brussels Airlines boss says no need to panic about Ebola
(AE) ENTERPRISE: Business chiefs become MEPs for a day
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: Measured optimism after Putin-Poroshenko meetings in Milan
(AE) SINGAPORE: Investment chapter of trade agreement concluded
(AE) SWITZERLAND: Progress in negotiations on institutional agreement
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Heavy agenda for Catherine Ashton's last Council
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Delegations elect their leaders
(AE) EBOLA: Foreign ministers prepare for European Council
(AE) IRAN: Nuclear programme negotiations have entered critical phase
(AE) AFRICA: EU and East Africa finalise EPA, still to be signed
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) CFSP: Council must base sanctions on facts
(AE) CONSUMERS: Unfair rates should be cancelled not amended
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) CLRAE: Local and regional elections in Ukraine, Netherlands and Georgia
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SUPPLEMENT
“EUROPE/Documents” No. 2588: Draft conclusions of European summit on 23-24 October 2014