Brussels, 06/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - Other than its debate on negotiations with Switzerland on the tax on savings (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.12), Tuesday the Ecofin Council broached several issues concerning taxation and financial services. It, notably, formalised, without discussion, its common position on pension funds and granted Austria, France and German exemptions in the framework of the directive on tax on turnover. It did not, however, make progress on the issue of the tax on...