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On 6 June 2024, the Commission decided to continue the work of the Platform for Tax Good Governance in the form of a new expert group.
Starting from 3 June 2024, the European Union’s customs pre-arrival safety and security system – Import Control System 2 (ICS2) – enters into the next phase of implementation.
The Commission welcomes the general approach announced by the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council on the proposal for a Directive to make withholding tax procedures in the EU more efficient, secure and simplified for investors, financial intermediaries and Member State tax administrations.
DAC lays down the rules and procedures for close cooperation between Member States’ tax authorities in direct taxation. It sets up a harmonised framework that allows Member States to assist each other through exchange of information as well as other forms of advanced cooperation.
On 6 May 2024 the European Commission granted Cabo Verde a renewal of a derogation that gives originating status to 6 300 tonnes of fish products (tuna, mackerel, frigate tuna) produced in Cabo Verde from fish which is not of Cabo Verde origin.