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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8380

17 January 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/taxation
No progress on savings tax issue on eve of next Tuesday's Ecofin Council

Brussels, 16/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - The first Ecofin Council under Greek Presidency, scheduled to take place next Tuesday in Brussels, will once again seek to reach an agreement on the savings tax issue (see EUROPE of December 13, p.8). After the meeting between the Fifteen, however, on Wednesday, it seems that the chances of ministers concluding are somewhat slim, despite optimism expressed last week by European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein (see EUROPE of 8 January, p.10). Measures...

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