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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12741
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation

European Commission unveils fiscal roadmap to reduce debt-equity bias

On Monday, 14 June, the European Commission published its roadmap for drafting a directive (Debt-Equity Bias Reduction Allowance or DEBRA) expected in the first half of 2022. This initiative aims to encourage companies to finance their investments through equity contributions instead of resorting to debt, as announced in its May communication on business taxation (see EUROPE B12720A15).

Many corporate tax systems in the EU actually encourage debt financing by allowing interest...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: transatlantic agreement on five-year suspension of tariffs in Airbus/Boeing dispute
UNITED STATES: launch of EU-US Trade and Technology Council
UNITED STATES: Europeans and Americans agree to strengthen their partnership on health and climate
CANADA: European and Canadian leaders stress importance of their partnership
SERBIA/KOSOVO: difficult recovery for Dialogue
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: European Commission raises €20 billion in bonds to finance Next Generation EU Recovery Plan
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU Council agreement on draft regulation on a reinforced role for European Medicines Agency
HEALTH: Member States ready to work together more to mitigate medicine access problems in EU
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: impact of pandemic is slowing down EU progress towards SDGs, says Eurostat
ENVIRONMENT: European MEPs strengthen EU’s 8th general environmental action programme for 2030
AGRICULTURE: EU Council remains optimistic about reaching a quick agreement with MEPs on CAP
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA publishes scientific opinion on antimicrobial resistance and food-producing environments
TRANSPORT: European Parliament and EU Council struggle to strike a balance on revision of ‘Eurovignette’ directive
CLIMATE: IPCC and IPBES call for joint climate and biodiversity action
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: first divisions emerge in European Parliament on crypto-assets markets
TAXATION: European Commission unveils fiscal roadmap to reduce debt-equity bias
TAXATION: MEPs in favour of transforming VAT Committee into comitology committee
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF THE EU: preparations for first plenary session of Conference on Future of Europe are well underway
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEPs and participants of Conference on the Future of Europe will work in parallel on reform of Electoral Law
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU Member States unanimously support role of social partners and of social dialogue
SOCIAL: digital platform workers: European Commission launches second phase of negotiations with social partners
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: GDPR regulation, EU Court of Justice clarifies competences of national authorities in case of legal proceedings
NEWS BRIEFS
DEVELOPMENT: EU Council conclusions on strengthening European financial architecture for development
ENERGY: member countries of Union for the Mediterranean commit to working together for energy transition
ENERGY: Global Witness report exposes European gas industry’s hydrogen lobbying in light of ‘RED II’ directive review
TAXATION: MEPs give green light to interinstitutional agreement on country-by-country reporting
INDUSTRY: France Industrie wants to help operationalise European Commission’s ecosystem approach
NATO: Beijing accuses Alliance of exaggerating “so-called ‘China threat’”
SOCIAL: European Labour Authority launches campaign to raise awareness of seasonal workers’ conditions
CORRIGENDUM
SOCIAL: minimum wages: correction of Finnish position expressed during Employment and Social Policy Council