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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8071

17 October 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/tax
Council adopts mandate enabling Commission to begin negotiations with third countries on tax on savings

Luxembourg, 16/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - In Luxembourg on Tuesday, the EcoFin Council adopted a mandate that will enable the Commission to begin negotiations on the tax on saving with third countries (United States, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Andorra and San Marino). At Luxembourg's insistence, the Fiera Summit had linked adoption of the "tax package", "at latest by end-2002", to the conclusion of agreements with third countries that would undertake to adopt "equivalent" measures to...

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