The European Commission publishes documents and meeting reports from the different Comitology Committees and Expert Group meetings related to Taxation and Customs (see Related links).
In addition, DG TAXUD publishes minutes of meetings with the tobacco industry in accordance with the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
Comitology Committees
Documents from Comitology Committees are accessible through the Comitology Register. You can search for documents per committee, dossier, document number or service responsible.
Expert Group meetings
Documents from Expert Group meetings can be accessed through the Register of Expert Groups. The ‘advanced search’ function allows you to search by service responsible, Expert Group name, abbreviation or code. After selecting a specific group, you can see the available documents under the tab ‘Meetings’.
Documents commonly-searched for
A number of committees and groups which are frequently subject of access to documents are presented in the tables below.
Indirect Taxation
| Comitology Committees | Expert Groups | Other |
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| Documents from other groups can be found in the Public Documents Repository. |
*You are advised to search via this code in the registers.
Direct Taxation
| Comitology Committees | Expert Groups | Other |
| Committee on Administrative Cooperation in Taxation (CACT), including documents relating to proposals in this field (C40300*) |
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*You are advised to search via this code in the registers.
Customs
| Comitology Committees | Expert Groups | Other |
A large number of Comitology Committees work on Customs related matters. e.g. Drug precursors, the Customs Code, Intellectual Property Rights, Tariffs, Customs Valuation, and more | A large number of Expert Groups work on Customs related matters. e.g. Drug precursors, Cash controls coordination, Cultural Goods, and more | - |
*You are advised to search via this code in the registers.
Related links
Register of Commission Documents
Electronic Access to Commission Documents (EASE) (use Search to check documents which have been disclosed – requests since 2022)