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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7741

21 June 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
Fifteen reach a superficial agreement with little political significance on taxation of savings - Everything remains to be done, work continues

Feira, 20/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - The EU Heads of State and Government decided on Tuesday to continue work on the taxation of savings, but only reached superficial agreement on a draft directive. The text approved in extremis paves the way to numerous interpretations and adds several steps to the decision-making process in which the Fifteen will still have to state their view unanimously so as to move forward.

"It was sufficiently long and hard enough for us to sigh from relief. There are...

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