Brussels, 11/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - In an opinion submitted to the member states, the legal services of the Council of the EU confirmed, on Thursday 11 February, that there was no formal procedure for Estonia to be able to leave the enhanced cooperation on the financial transactions tax (see EUROPE 11456). The declaration of the Estonian finance minister at the Ecofin Council of 8 December 2015 will also not be sufficient to finalise its departure.
Readers may recall that during the...