The current legal debate over draft rules on public country-by-country (CBC) reporting has been overshadowed by changes in the legislation at the Council of the EU. NGO Transparency International published an analysis a few days ago, about these changes made by the member states at this stage.
The NGO criticises the Dutch suggestion, which it seems the Slovak Presidency of the Council took up at the end of December, of including a comply-or-explain clause for non-EU multinationals....