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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7850

27 November 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/tax
Fifteen reach agreement on tax on savings, but its implementation will require further unanimous agreement in 2002

Brussels, 27/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - After nine hours of negotiations interrupted by a short night of sleep, the European Union's Finance Ministers reached agreement Monday morning on the major principles of a directive on tax on savings. The great unknown of the previous day was the mind of Luxembourg; yet, it was with the intention of "reaching a compromise" that Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker arrived Sunday evening, eager, according to his spokesperson, not to add tax to...

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