login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8813

23 October 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social/taxation
European Commission brings Belgium before Court and calls on Italy to end pension discrimination

Brussels, 22/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission decided to bring Belgium before the European Court of Justice, stating that it is lagging too far behind in changes to the discriminatory rules on pension taxation. On 17 December 2003, the Commission officially asked Belgium to modify its legislation, but the Belgian authorities replied that they could not do so before September 2005, a Commission press release points out. The press release states that the "main...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
TIMETABLE