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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11568

9 June 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) taxation
Green light given to creation of committee of investigation into Panama Papers

Brussels, 08/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 8 June, the European Parliament approved the creation of a committee of investigation into the Panama Papers scandal, for a term of one year.

The aim of this committee is to identify possible shortcomings of EU law regarding money-laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance. The composition of the group, which will have 65 members, will be formally decided upon on 23 June, according to the EPP group, which adds that the committee's first...

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