The European Academic Tax Thesis Award is a joint initiative of the European Commission (DG Taxation and Customs Union) and the European Association of Tax Law Professors (EATLP). It was launched in December 2006 and is meant to be awarded on a yearly basis. The prize consists of an invitation by the European Commission to Brussels, where the author presents the awarded thesis to interested EU officials and other interested persons; Theses to be considered for the award are academic works on issues of comparative, European and/or International Tax Law and any author younger than 35 may apply. A jury selects up to three theses defended within the respective calendar year. The jury consists of members of the Academic Committee of the EATLP.
Dr Mario Tenore, Vienna University of Economics and Business, received a few weeks ago the 2009 thesis award for his Thesis on taxation of cross border dividends in Europe, his thesis deals with taxation of cross-border dividends under tax law principles and under international tax law principles and finally under European law.
