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Committee Calls for Common EU Corporate Tax Base
November 03, 2015
Recent recommendations from the European Parliament's Special Committee on Tax Rulings call for legislation requiring companies operating in Europe to supply country-by-country reports on their financial data and establishing a compulsory, consolidated EU corporate tax base that would prevent businesses from avoiding taxes in countries in which they operate.
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EU Takes Countries to Court over Bank Legislation
November 03, 2015
The European Commission has referred six EU member countries to the Court of Justice of the EU for not transposing a directive on Bank Recovery and Resolution, which in part requires banks to take measures to protect themselves in the case of insolvency, into national legislation.
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FRA Calls for Rights-Compliant EU Fingerprinting
October 30, 2015
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") has published a checklist for officials in the EU to use when taking the fingerprints of asylum seekers, as mandated by EU rules, in order to respect fundamental rights, including by avoiding "physical or psychological force" in taking the fingerprints.
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Court Strikes Blow to EU Sanctions in Ukraine
October 30, 2015
POLITICO reports that the General Court of the EU has struck down EU-imposed sanctions on a former Ukrainian official for lack of evidence of wrongdoing, placing in doubt the broader, fledgling EU effort to penalize officials from the previous Ukrainian regime.
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Swidlicki: Polish Election Sets Back EU Integration
October 30, 2015
Pawel Swidlicki of the think tank Open Europe writes that the victory of the somewhat euroskeptic Law and Justice Party in Poland could serve to signal the end of "ever-closer" integration within the EU and could help advance UK Prime Minister David Cameron's negotiations over the competences of the bloc.
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