Council Decision (EU) 2015/2453 of 8 December 2015 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the

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The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Sander LOONES (ECR, BE) on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments. The committee recommended the European Parliament to approve the conclusion of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement . The Amending Protocol seeks to implement the Global Standard between EU Member States and Liechtenstein. It aims at ensuring that Liechtenstein applies strengthened measures that are equivalent to the EU legal framework and that it complies with the automatic exchange of financial account information promoted by the 2014 OECD global standards. The European Parliament adopted by 562 votes to 30, with 49 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments. Parliament approved the conclusion of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement which seeks to implement the Global Standard for the automatic exchange of financial account information between EU Member States and Liechtenstein. This Standard was published by the OECD Council in July 2014. PURPOSE: to conclude an the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and Liechtenstein to allow tax administrations to extend the automatic exchange of information and to improve cross-border access to information on private savers. NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (EU) 2015/2453 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and Liechtenstein the providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments. CONTENT: by this Decision, the Council approves the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. That directive (2003/48/EC) has since been repealed to eliminate an overlap with Directive 2014/107/EU , which includes strengthened provisions to prevent tax evasion. The Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the EU and Liechtenstein was signed on 28 October 2015. The text of the Protocol aligns the Agreement with the latest developments at international level concerning automatic exchange of information , namely the Global Standard for automatic exchange of financial account information in tax matters developed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The text of the…

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