Infringement Procedures
The European Commission on 27 November published nine press releases concerning infringement procedures in the field of taxation against eleven EU Member States.
For each press release, the Member State involved, the area of taxation and the reference number are briefly mentioned below.
Spain and Portugal
Discriminatory treatment of foreign pension funds.
For full details, see http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1817&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
The Netherlands
VAT exemption for the provision of personnel.
For full details, see http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1811&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
Poland
Reduced VAT rate for the supply of certain items.
For full details see, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1820&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
The Netherlands, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Austria
VAT reduced rate for horses.
For full details see, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1812&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
Spain and Portugal
Restrictive exit tax provisions for companies.
For full details see, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1813&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
Estonia
Discrimination of foreign charities.
For full details see, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1818&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
Italy
Transposition measures of two VAT Directives.
For full details see, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1814&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
Luxembourg
Application of the Savings Tax Directive.
For full details see, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1815&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
United Kingdom
Deductibility of cross-border pension contributions.
For full details see, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1816&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en