IP/11/603 Brussels, 19 May 2011 The European Commission has decided to refer France to the EU’s Court of Justice for discriminatory taxation of foreign pension and investment funds in breach of EU rules on free movement of capital….
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Taxation: Commission refers Spain to Court over reduced VAT rate for medical equipment
IP/11/605 Brussels, 19 May 2011 The European Commission has decided to refer Spain to the EU’s Court of Justice concerning its illegal application of a reduced rate of value added tax (VAT) to general medical equipment, appliances to alleviate animals’…
Customs union: Commission asks Belgium to review the opening hours of its customs offices and the fees charged for certain operations
IP/11/608 Brussels, 19 May 2011 The European Commission has formally asked Belgium to comply with the customs rules of the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA), and in particular to amend its customs legislation so as to apply appropriat…
Taxation: Commission requests UK to further amend its treatment of controlled foreign corporations (CFCs)
IP/11/606 Brussels, 19 May 2011 The European Commission has formally requested the United Kingdom to amend its legislation to better take into account the rulings of the EU’s Court of Justice on the tax treatment of controlled foreign corporations (CFC…
Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud "Pooling our efforts to build a modern Customs Union" 78th meeting of the Directors General for Customs of the EU Member States and Turkey Vilnius, 19 May 2011
SPEECH/11/358 Chairman, Directors General, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a particular pleasure for me to open this meeting of the Club of Directors General here today in my home country. In addition to leading a successful meeting, I trust that Director …
Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud "2009 discharge granted to the European Commission" European Parliament’s vote on discharge Brussels, 10 May 2011
SPEECH/11/321 Mr President, Mr Chatzimarkakis, Rapporteurs, Honourable Members, First, allow me to thank the Budget Control Committee, and in particular the rapporteur Mr Chatzimarkakis, for the report he has drawn up and for the recommendation that th…