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Rosaria Calls For Netherlands Antilles To Be Taken Off EC Tax Blacklists,
by Ulrika Lomas, for LawAndTax-News.com, Brussels 12 August 2008
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Alex Rosaria, the State Secretary of Finance for the Netherlands Antilles, has this week called on the Tax Directorate of the European Commission to remove the jurisdiction from tax haven 'blacklists' in some EU member states.
Mr Rosaria argued that the Netherlands
Antilles is committed to providing a leading edge financial service industry
with high-end supervision in line with international standards to protect the
consumer.
He observed that: “We are an active and a complying member of various international organizations
such as the OECD, the Egmont Group, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and
the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)."
The Netherlands Antilles is recognized by the OECD as a co-operative jurisdiction;
in April 2008 the Egmont Group gave the Netherlands Antilles its seal of approval,
and the IMF in its most recent Article IV Consultation concluded that “The
financial sector of the Netherlands Antilles is broadly healthy".
As Mr Rosaria explained on Monday:
“Any reference to us being a tax haven” is totally misguided,
contradictory and unjust. If we were a tax haven Spain would not have concluded
a Tax Information Exchange Treaty with us in June 2008”.
Mr Rosaria revealed, however, that the reaction from the Tax Directorate
so far has been somewhat unsatisfactory, explaining that:
“The EC claims it can not intervene on our behalf to correct the above
mentioned unjust inclusion on black lists of some EU members because EU Members
are autonomous in their tax matters."
"This statement seems very curious especially
when we note that in the case of imposing actions to promote what the EU calls
good tax governance the EC does have the authority to act on behalf of the EU
Members."
“Why does the argument of autonomy of the individual EU Member not apply
when the EU takes actions to promote good tax governance on the Netherlands
Antilles?"
"And why does it apply when the Netherlands Antilles request the EC,
not for a favor mind you, but to simply correct an error that has been made
by some EU members?" Rosaria asked.
The State Secretary for Finance concluded: “The EC must understand that we demand a level playing field, that we
can not be held to higher standards than is demanded of other OECD Member and
especially that I must do everything in my power to guard our international
financial services industry from further erosion. Black listing seriously undermines
the competitiveness of the Netherlands Antilles’ financial services sector
and consequently the well-being of our people."
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