Amendment No. 18 | Doc. 12894 | 26 April 2012

Promoting an appropriate policy on tax havens

Signatories: Mr Fernand BODEN, Luxembourg, EPP/CD ; Ms Anne BRASSEUR, Luxembourg, ALDE ; Mr Raphaël COMTE, Switzerland, ALDE ; Mr Joseph FALZON, Malta, EPP/CD ; Ms Doris FIALA, Switzerland, ALDE ; Mr Norbert HAUPERT, Luxembourg, EPP/CD ; Mr Joachim HÖRSTER, Germany, EPP/CD ; Mr Bernard MARQUET, Monaco, ALDE ; Ms Meritxell MATEU PI, Andorra, ALDE ; Ms Lydia MUTSCH, Luxembourg, SOC ; Mr Maximilian REIMANN, Switzerland, ALDE ; Ms Elisabeth SCHNEIDER-SCHNEITER, Switzerland, EPP/CD ; Mr Urs SCHWALLER, Switzerland, EPP/CD

Origin - 2012 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, delete paragraph 11.6.

Explanatory note

A report by the European Policy Forum on the application of the European Savings Tax Directive noted that in the field of taxation, a withholding tax system may be more effective than one based on the automatic exchange of information, which can entail serious problems regarding personal data protection and privacy rights (the Bialiatski case).