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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11663

9 November 2016
ECONOMY - FINANCE / Taxation
Certain states' lack of enthusiasm over tax rate holds sway in drafting of blacklist of tax havens
Brussels, 08/11/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 8 November, the finance ministers of the member states of the EU agreed on a raft of criteria to define a tax haven, but the sensitivity of certain member states over the tax rate ended up winning out and the text was softened somewhat as a consequence.

At this meeting of the Ecofin Council, the ministers discussed the creation of a European blacklist of tax havens over breakfast. The ball was then returned to the experts' court. The ministers resumed work on the dossier towards...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS