| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2013) 555 final (30.7.13) |
| Publication Date | 30/07/2013 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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Under European Council Decision 2010/718/EU of 29 October 2010 the territorial collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy ceased to be an outermost region of the Union and gained the status of overseas country or territory on 1 January 2012. Decision 2010/718/EU noted that France had undertaken to conclude the agreements necessary to ensure that the interests of the Union were preserved when the change took place. To further progress on such agreements, a Council decision of 20 October 2011, which was sent to the European Commission on 24 October 2011, authorised the Commission to negotiate the terms. Specifically, the authorisation concerned an agreement between the French Republic, acting for Saint-Barthélemy, and the Union that provided, for that territory, for the application of Union legislation on the taxation of savings and administrative cooperation in the field of taxation. Acting on this authorisation, the European Commission drew up a draft agreement, on which negotiations were conducted with France in 2012 and early 2013. The draft agreement was also discussed in the EU Council's Working Party on Tax Questions and no Member State entered any reservation. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2013:555:FIN |
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| Countries / Regions | France |
