Press Release: State aid: Commission orders Estonia and Poland to deliver missing information on tax practices; requests tax rulings from 15 Member States

On 8 June 2015, the European Commission issued two injunctions ordering Estonia and Poland to deliver witihin a month the requested information on their tax rulings practice. Both countries had to-date refused to respond in full to previous information requests.

Should any of the two fail to deliver the missing information within one month, the EC could refer the Member State to the European Court of Justice.

Other 15 countries were asked to hand over additional information on individual tax rulings - Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.

• Primary Source

EUObserver, 08.06.15: EU 'orders' Estonia and Poland to disclose tax deals https://euobserver.com/economic/129012

ESO: Background information: State aid: Commission extends information enquiry on tax rulings practice to all Member States http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-state-aid-commission-extends-information-enquiry-on-tax-rulings-practice-to-all-member-states/

EurActiv, 10.06.15: Germany under spotlight in EU-wide corporate taxation probe http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/commission-turns-germany-eu-wide-corporate-taxation-probe-315254

Politico, 08.06.15: EU threatens Poland and Estonia on tax rulings http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-threatens-poland-and-estonia-on-tax-rulings/

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