The European Commission has published six press releases concerning infringement procedures in the field of taxation against nine EU Member States. The countries concerned are; France; Hungary; Portugal; Greece; Germany; Belgium; Denmark; Sweden; and the Netherlands.

The area of taxation concerned is as follows:

• France – electricity taxation
• France, Hungary and Portugal – VAT legislation
• Greece – refund of unduly paid VAT and other taxes
• Germany – anti-abuse provision on withholding tax relief
• Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden – exit tax for companies
• Belgium, France, Greece, the Netherlands and Portugal – discriminatory rules in direct taxation

The press releases concerning the above infringement procedures are available at http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm