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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8165

7 March 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/tax
Commissioner Bolkestein write to Swiss to call for "immediate" opening of negotiations on tax on savings

Brussels, 06/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - On the occasion o the EcoFin Council, Commissioner Frits Bolkestein announced that he had sent a letter on Friday to Swiss Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger calling for the "immediate" opening of negotiations on tax on savings. "I hope that Mr. Villiger will respond quickly and positively", he told the press. He did, however, acknowledge that, so far, "the Swiss government has insisted that negotiations should cover all issues at stake between the EU and...

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