Channel Islands Brussels Office (CIBO)

CIBO attended the annual Tax Forum on 5-6 March organized by the European Commission. This year’s conference focused on the tax policy challenges that the need for fiscal consolidation and growth-enhancing reforms poses to countries belonging to a monetary union (ie the Eurozone) – a subject also of close interest …

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 …