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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8901

4 March 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Commission wants to end tax breaks for mutual and provident societies for “non-health” insurance contracts

Brussels, 03/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a recommendation adopted on Wednesday, the European Commission calls on France to get rid of the tax exemption on insurance policies for “non-health” risks, which mutual savings banks and provident societies enjoy. In November 2001, it asked France to put an end to the tax exemption regime on health insurance policies offered by these companies. Paris came into line with this request last year by replacing specific exemptions with an exemption...

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