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The contents of the EUR-lex site amount to some 2 815 000 documents with texts dating back to 1951. The database is updated daily and every year around 12 000 documents are added.
- COFOG 01.1.1:
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In many cases, the statutes of EU member states must adopt the implications of EU regulatory instruments. The affected (compliant) statute books are of these countries:
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Statutes and Treaties by Function of Government (COFOG Class), closest to people & with indication of impacted Economic Activities (ISIC Class)
Statutes relating to the Economy, Environment and Community
Statutes establishing Society's Foundations
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COFOG ISIC |
01 with detailed structure and explanatory notes at COFOG Division 01 - General public services. The related categories of industry (ISIC) are: - O - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security - 01.1: U - Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies |
Treaties |
01.1 - Executive and legislative organs, financial and fiscal affairs, external affairs: Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Universal Declaration of Human Rights Articles 13, 14, 15, 21 |
The Fringes
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Jeremy Leaman (Loughborough) has written a paper The EU, Tax Justice and the Modernisation of Less Developed Countries on the deficiencies of EU policies on taxation as they affect global tax developments and the fiscal cultures of LDCs.
This includes the failure to address the problem:
These abuses affect LDCs disproportionately, denying them revenue and encouraging tax avoidance/ evasion on the part of their elites as well as a general culture of non-compliance.
Jan Goossenaerts
@collaboratewiki