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  • Activites in the field of taxation
    The Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union reports on an annual base on their activities in the field of taxes.
  • Consulations in tax issues
    The Directorate General on Taxation and Customs Union launches regulary consultations in tax issues. Professional organisations and business companies have the possibilty to send in their comments.
  • European Parliament
  • European Commission Alphabetical index 
  • EUR-Lex
  • Information on tax in EU Member States
    Find a list of links to the Ministries of Finance in EU Member States and Candidate Countries. Further the list includes links to International and National Organisations.
  • News on tax issues form the Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union 
    The Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union provides information on recent initiatives in European tax law.
  • Taxation and Customs Union
  • "Taxes in Europe" Database
    The European Commission has established a database on main taxes in all European Member States. The access is free to all users. Up to now it is available in English. Go to the information tool
  • Tax Strategy of the European Union
    The European Strategy in tax issues was set out in the Communication of 23 May 2001 on “Tax policy in the European Union - Priorities for the years ahead”. Further, the European Commission options for co-ordinated action to tackle tax obstacles and inefficiencies in the company tax, VAT, excise duties, and car tax areas.

    In general the European Commisssion considers it difficult to achieve the necessary tax co-ordination as unanimity is required in the Council. Thus the European Commission came up with proposals to introduce qualified majority for some areas. Further the institution started to make more use of non-binding approaches such as recommendations instead of legislative proposals where appropriate, as a way of making progress in the tax field.

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