Search Results for: EU Commission
EU Commission published an evaluation report on the GDPR
July 13th, 2020
Just over two years after its entry into application, the European Commission published an evaluation report on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The report shows the GDPR has met most of its objectives, in particular by offering citizens ...
Europeans should control their B-to-B data, says EU commissioner
January 8th, 2020
The United States and China are the world’s leaders in harvesting and exploiting personal data and the European Union must make sure the same thing does not happen when it comes to business-to-business data, the new EU commissioner for ...
Big four accounting firms paid millions to advice EU Commission on tax policy
July 10th, 2018
EU lawmakers should stop relying on policy advice from the world’s four largest accounting firms, given their status as “goliaths of the tax planning world,” according to an independent Brussels-based watchdog. Far from being “objective and legitimate” advisers on ...
EU commission wants ‘credible’ tax haven blacklist
November 8th, 2017
The European Commission is demanding that member states reach an agreement on an EU tax haven blacklist, in the wake of media revelations of widespread tax avoidance schemes by the wealthy elite known as the Paradise Papers. Pierre Moscovici, ...
ACCA welcomes the EU Commission’s proposal on taxation information amendment
June 26th, 2017
More tarnsparemncy over aggressive Tax planning arrangements and Beneficial Ownership is welcome, but a balanced and consistent implementation is needed to maintain a level playing field, says ACCA ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) welcomes the European Commission’s ...
EU Commissioner to discuss gas supply with Israel, Greece, Cyprus and Italy
April 3rd, 2017
European Union Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete will travel to Tel Aviv on April 3 to discuss the potential of gas from the eastern Mediterranean region for Europe with the Energy Ministers from Israel, Greece, Cyprus ...
EU Commission blocks proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange
March 29th, 2017
The European Commission has prohibited the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse AG and London Stock Exchange Group under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission’s investigation concluded the merger would have created a de facto monopoly in the markets for ...
EU Commission to take legal action against U.S. plans for border tax
February 15th, 2017
The European Commission says it is prepared to take legal action against US plans to impose a border tax. “If somebody is behaving against our interests or against international rules in trade then we have our own mechanisms to ...
ESMA writes to EU Commission about MiFID II SIS Operating Broker Crossing Network
February 15th, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has written to the European Commission to raise its concern over the potential establishment of networks of systematic internalisers (SIs) by investment firms to circumvent certain MIFID II obligations; in particular, the ...
EU Commission proposes major Tax reform; A fair tax system through the EU Single Market
October 27th, 2016
The Commission has today announced plans to overhaul the way in which companies are taxed in the Single Market, delivering a growth-friendly and fair corporate tax system. Re‑calibrated as part of a broader package of corporate tax reforms, the ...
