Recommendation for a Council Decision concerning the accession of Croatia to the Convention of 23 July 1990 on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises

Article 3(4) of the 2011 Act of Accession of Croatia to the European Union provides that Croatia accedes to the conventions and protocols listed in Annex I to the Act of Accession and that those conventions and protocols shall enter into force in relation to Croatia on the date determined by the Council.

According to Article 3(5) of the Act of Accession the Council, acting unanimously on a recommendation by the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, shall decide to make all adjustments required by reason of the accession of Croatia to these conventions and protocols and to publish the adapted texts in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The list of conventions and protocols includes Convention 90/436/EEC of 23 July 1990 on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises (Arbitration Convention), the Convention of 21 December 1995 on the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the Arbitration Convention, the Protocol of 25 May 1999 amending the Arbitration Convention and the Convention of 8 December 2004 on the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the Arbitration Convention. The Arbitration Convention was amended by the Protocol of 25 May 1999 and the Conventions of 21 December 1995 and of 8 December 2004.

This Commission Recommendation for a Council Decision is intended to make the adjustments required by reason of the accession of Croatia to the Arbitration Convention and to determine the date of its entry into force, as amended, with relation to Croatia, in accordance with Articles 3(4) and 3(5) of the Act of Accession of 2011.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)586: Follow the progress of this recommendation through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:586:FIN

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