The European Chamber ranks European countries based on their business environment. The EuCham score, used for the ranking, originates from the average of the World Bank’s Distance To Frontier score (DTF) and Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index CPI). An economy’s EuCham score is reflected on a scale from 0 to 100,
Tag: Transparency
Lobbying: EU Transparency Register
idespread lobbying in the EU institutions has led to criticism regarding the transparency and accountability of the EU’s decision-making process. In response to these concerns, the Parliament set up its transparency register in 1995, followed by the Commission in 2008. The two institutions merged their instruments in a joint European
European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds: Communication on the contribution 2014-2020
he Commission adopted a Communication on the contribution of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) to the EU's growth strategy, the Investment Plan and the Commission's priorities over the next decade. The report also includes the outcomes of the negotiations with all the Member States on Partnership Agreements
COP21: 2015 Paris UN climate change conference
EP: Corporate tax makeover
arliament sets out its ideas on how to make corporate taxes fairer across Europe in a non-legislative resolution. MEPs urge EU member states to agree on mandatory country-by-country reporting by multinationals of profits and taxes, a common consolidated corporate tax base, common definitions for tax terms and more transparency and
EC: New vision of Education and Training 2020
draft joint report by the Commission calls for strengthening cooperation in education and training up to 2020 and especially to promote social inclusion. The Commission is proposing to strengthen cooperation at European level in the field of education and training up to 2020. Its draft of a joint report
EU Tax vocabulary
Paying taxes can be complicated, but so can the vocabulary that goes with it. Tax avoidance is legal, but tax evasion isn't and just what exactly is base erosion? In the following lines is enclosed glossary of the terms used by the tax rulings committee: Base erosion and profit shifting Tax planning