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VAT: the results of the public consultation on the review of the existing legislation on reduced rates are now available
30/04/2013
Go to 'View the contributions' or 'Results of consultation'.
Eurostat 68/2013 - Taxation trends in the European Union - The overall tax-to-GDP ratio in the EU27 up to 38.8% of GDP in 2011
29/04/2013
See the details on our dedicated web page.
Spanish legislation which taxes unrealised capital gains on the transfer of the place of residence or of the assets of a company established in Spain to another Member State…
25/04/2013
… is contrary to EU law, says the EU Court of Justice. See the Court's press release No 53/13.
MEMO/13/375 - April infringements package: main decisions
25/04/2013
See the taxation case (reasoned opinion) involving Denmark.
IP/13/365 - Taxation: Commission refers Spain to Court over discriminatory real estate taxation
25/04/2013
IP/13/351 – Fighting tax evasion: Commission sets up a Platform for Tax Good Governance
23/04/2013
See the call for applications
. Application deadline is 8 May 2013.
President Barroso at the UN outlines EU action on tax evasion and tax havens
16/04/2013
See pages 4 and 5.
MEMO/13/332 - Commissioner Šemeta on tax evasion: speaking points for the Economic and Finance Ministers Council
15/04/2013
…and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy puts tax evasion on the agenda for 22 May meeting.
MEMO/13/314 – Statement by Commissioner Šemeta on fighting tax evasion
09/04/2013
For background information see our website.
Rules of origin: EU/Colombia-Peru trade agreement provisionally applied between the EU and Peru since 1 March 2013
20/03/2013
See the text of the agreement and the notice on the provisional application.
EU Council discussed fighting VAT fraud and authorised a VAT derogation for the Netherlands
06/03/2013
See the Council press release on pages 8-9 and 18.
MEMO/13/159 - Preparation of the Economic and Finance Ministers Council, Brussels 5 March
01/03/2013
The Quick reaction Mechanism for fighting VAT fraud is on the agenda.
Customs: updated information for EU importers for imports from Israel into the EU
01/03/2013
See the new list of relevant postal codes that follows the new Israeli postal code system.
IP/13/154 - Fighting evasion: Commission launches consultations on EU Taxpayer's Code and EU Tax Identification Number
25/02/2013
See our consultation pages for the Taxpayer's Code and the Tax Identification Number.
MEMO/13/122 - February infringements package: main decisions
21/02/2013
See the taxation cases (reasoned opinions) involving Belgium, Poland, Romania and Spain.
IP/13/115 - Financial Transaction Tax under Enhanced Cooperation: Commission sets out the details
14/02/2013
See also the questions and answers (MEMO/13/98) and the proposal (COM/2013/71).
IP/13/111 - Safer products and a level playing field in the internal market
13/02/2013
See also MEMO/13/93, particularly points 15b and 15e on the role of customs.
Customs: mutual recognition of EU and US trade partnership programmes – reciprocal implementation effective since 31 January 2013 (362 Kb)
06/02/2013
The questions and answers in the pdf document provide further information and guidance to economic operators (EU AEO and US C-TPAT members).
Conference on VAT in the public sector and exemptions in the public interest
30/01/2013
17-19 April 2013, Venice Mestre (Italy). See the registration form on page 7 and read the related studies. Registration is subject to confirmation of acceptance to be sent after 15 March 2013.
MEMO/13/22 – January infringements package: main decisions
24/01/2013
See the taxation cases (reasoned opinions) involving Denmark and Poland.
EU Commissioner Šemeta welcomes agreement on enhanced cooperation for Financial Transaction Tax
22/01/2013
See also the EU Council's press release and the Commissioner's speech.
Preparation of Economic and Finance Ministers Council, Brussels, 22 January 2013
21/01/2013
Agenda includes the Irish Presidency's work programme, the Action Plan to strengthen the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion, and the Financial Transaction Tax.
Drug precursors: Commission adopts proposal for a Council decision on the signing of an EU-Russia agreement(87 Kb)
21/01/2013
See our web page for background information.
By applying reduced rates of VAT beyond what is authorised under the VAT Directive, Spain has failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law…
17/01/2013
… according to the European Court of Justice. See the Court press release No 2/2013.
Taxation: the responses to the consultation on venture capital investment are now available
14/01/2013
In order to read the "Responses" PDF Portfolio, you need the last version of Adobe Reader. It is freely available from http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html.
Taxation: Three studies just published
11/01/2013
Two are about company taxation and one on VAT in the public sector.
Customs: Updated list of national contacts for the protection of intellectual property rights
11/01/2013
See new addresses for the Czech Republic and Hungary.