Channel Islands Brussels Office (CIBO)

The Channel Islands Brussels Office attended the public debriefing held by the Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (“BEREC”) in Brussels on 1 March. The purpose of the meeting was to give an update on the issues considered by BEREC at their plenary meeting held in Vienna on 23 …

Sir Philip Bailhache, the Assistant Chief Minister of Jersey with responsibility for External Affairs, paid an official visit to Brussels on 8-9 February. His programme included meetings with: – senior political advisers to:  the President of the EU Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso; Vice President Baroness Ashton (Foreign Affairs); and Commissioner …

Both Guernsey and Jersey have voluntarily committed to adhering to the EU’s Code of Conduct on Business Taxation, which was established in 1999. The EU’s Code of Conduct Group periodically conducts reviews of the tax regimes in individual Member States, and other jurisdictions like the Channel islands that have subscribed …