On 7-8 March 2018 the Jersey Minister for External Relations, Senator Sir Philip Bailhache, visited Brussels. Senator Bailhache met Danuta Hübner MEP, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) for an exchange of views on the Channel Islands’ relations with the EU and the impact …
Read More »Tax cooperation: Channel Islands delegation attends workshop at European Commission
On 6 March 2018 officials from the Guernsey and Jersey governments attended a workshop organised by the European Commission (DG TAXUD). The workshop was for those jurisdictions in Annex II of the conclusions of the 5 December ECOFIN which have been assessed as cooperative, having made commitments to address concerns …
Read More »EU confirms Guernsey and Jersey’s status as cooperative jurisdictions
EU Finance Ministers (ECOFIN), at their meeting on 5 December 2017, adopted conclusions on the outcome of the year long screening process of the tax regimes of 92 non-EU jurisdictions against criteria agreed by ECOFIN in November 2016. Guernsey and Jersey are in a group of 47 jurisdictions out of …
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