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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12699

16 April 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE / Taxation
European Commission continues to work on use of Treaty’s ‘passerelle clause’ on taxation
Brussels, 15/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission has not abandoned the idea of exploring the possibilities of using ‘passerelle clause’ (Article 116 TFEU) to move to qualified majority voting in the EU Council and the ordinary legislative procedure for taxation.

This was stated by Benjamin Angel, Director of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation, on Thursday 15 April, at an online conference organised by Accountancy Europe.

The Article 116 TFEU allows the Commission to present a...

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