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The Annex to Directive 2003/48/EC is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    The Annex becomes ‘Annex III’.

  2. (2)

    The following Annex is inserted as ‘Annex I’:

    ‘ANNEX I

    Indicative list of categories of entities and legal arrangements which are considered to be not subject to effective taxation, for the purposes of Article 2(3)

    1.

    Entities and legal arrangements whose place of establishment or place of effective management is in a country or jurisdiction outside the territorial scope of this Directive as defined in Article 7 and which is different from those listed in Article 17(2):

    Countries and jurisdictionsCategories of entities and legal arrangements
    Antigua and BarbudaInternational business company
    Anjouan (Comores)

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    The Bahamas

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Foundation

    International business company

    BahrainFinancial trust, governed by local or foreign law
    Barbados

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    International Society with Restricted Liability

    Belize

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    Bermuda

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Exempt company

    Brunei

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    International trust

    International Limited Partnership

    Cook Islands

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International trust

    International company

    International partnership

    Costa Rica

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Company

    Djibouti

    Exempt company

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Dominica

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    FijiTrust, governed by local or foreign law
    French Polynesia

    Société (Company)

    Société de personnes (Partnership)

    Société en participation (Joint venture)

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Grenada

    International business company

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Guam

    Company

    Sole proprietorship

    Partnership

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Guatemala

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Fundación (Foundation)

    Hong Kong

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Private Limited Company

    KiribatiTrust, governed by local or foreign law
    Labuan (Malaysia)

    Offshore company

    Malaysian offshore bank,

    Offshore limited partnership

    Offshore trust

    Lebanon

    Companies benefiting from the Offshore company regime

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Liberia

    Non-resident company

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Macao

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Fundação (Foundation)

    Maldives

    Company

    Partnership

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Northern Marianas Islands

    Foreign sales corporation

    Offshore banking corporation

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Marshall Islands

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    Mauritius

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Global business company categories 1 and 2

    Micronesia

    Company

    Partnership

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Nauru

    Trust/nominee company

    Company

    Partnership

    Sole proprietorship

    Foreign will

    Foreign estate

    Other form of business negotiated with the Government

    New Caledonia

    Société (Company)

    Société civile (Civil company)

    Société de personnes (Partnership)

    Joint venture

    Estate of deceased person

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    New ZealandTrust, governed by foreign law
    Niue

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    Panama

    Fideicomiso (Trust, governed by local law) and trust governed by foreign law

    Fundación de interés privado (Foundation)

    International business company

    Palau

    Company

    Partnership

    Sole proprietorship

    Representative office

    Credit union (financial cooperative)

    Cooperative

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    PhilippinesTrust, governed by local or foreign law
    Puerto Rico

    Estate

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International banking entity

    Saint Kitts and Nevis

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Foundation

    Exempt company

    Exempt Limited Partnership

    Saint Lucia

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadine

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    Sao Tomé e Principe

    International business company

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Samoa

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International trust

    International company

    Offshore bank

    Offshore insurance company

    International partnership

    Limited partnership

    Seychelles

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    SingaporeTrust, governed by local or foreign law
    Solomon Islands

    Company

    Partnership

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    South AfricaTrust, governed by local or foreign law
    TongaTrust, governed by local or foreign law
    Tuvalu

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Provident fund

    United Arab Emirates

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Offshore company

    State of Delaware (USA)Limited Liability Company
    State of Wyoming (USA)Limited Liability Company
    US Virgin Islands

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Exempt company

    Uruguay

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Sociedad Anónima Financiera de Inversión

    Vanuatu

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Exempt company

    International company

    2.

    Entities and legal arrangements whose place of establishment or place of effective management is in a country or jurisdiction listed in Article 17(2), to which Article 2(3) applies pending the adoption by the country or jurisdiction concerned of provisions equivalent to those of Article 4(2):

    Countries and jurisdictionsCategories of entities and legal arrangements
    AndorraTrust, governed by foreign law
    Anguilla

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    Aruba

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Stichting Particulier Fonds

    British Virgin Islands

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Company

    Cayman Islands

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Exempt company

    Guernsey

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Company

    Foundation

    Isle of Man

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Company

    Jersey

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Company

    Foundation

    Liechtenstein

    Anstalt (Trust, governed by local law) and trust governed by foreign law

    Stiftung (Foundation)

    Monaco

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Fondation (Foundation)

    Montserrat

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    International business company

    Netherlands Antilles

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Stichting Particulier Fonds

    San Marino

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law

    Fondazione (Foundation)

    Switzerland

    Trust, governed by foreign law

    Foundation

    Turks and Caicos

    Exempted company

    Limited partnership

    Trust, governed by local or foreign law’.

  3. (3)

    The following Annex is inserted as ‘Annex II’:

    ‘ANNEX II

    Indicative list of categories of entities and legal arrangements which are considered to be not subject to effective taxation, for the purposes of Article 4(2)

    The United Kingdom is the Member State responsible for the external relations of Gibraltar, under the terms of Article 355(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.’.

    CountriesCategories of entities and legal arrangementsComments
    All EU Member StatesEuropean Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG)
    Belgium
    • Société de droit commun/maatschap (Civil law or commercial company without any legal status)

    • Société momentanée/tijdelijke handelsvennootschap (Company without any legal status whose purpose is to deal with one or several specific commercial operations)

    • Société interne/stille handelsvennootschap (Company without any legal status through which one or more persons have an interest in operations that one or more other persons manage on their behalf)

    Included only if the upstream economic operator making the interest payment to it, or securing the payment for it, has not established the identity and residence of all its beneficial owners, otherwise it falls within point (d) of Article 4(2).

    These “companies” (the name of which is given in French and Dutch) do not have legal status, and from the point of view of taxation, a look-through approach is applicable.

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Bulgaria
    • Дружество със специална инвестиционна цел (Special-purpose investment company)

    • Инвестиционно дружество (Investment company, not covered by Article 6)

    Entity exempt from corporate income tax

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Unless the trustee can prove that the trust is actually subject to Bulgarian income taxation
    Czech Republic
    • Veřejná obchodní společnost (veř. obch. spol. or v.o.s.) (Partnership)

    • Sdružení (Association)

    • Komanditní společnost

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Denmark
    • Interessentskab (General partnership)

    • Kommanditselskab (Limited partnership)

    • Kommanditaktieselskab/Partnerselskab

    • Partrederi

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Germany
    • Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts (Civil law company)

    • Kommanditgesellschaft — KG, offene Handelsgesellschaft — OHG (Commercial partnership)

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Estonia
    • Seltsing (Partnership)

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Ireland

    —

    Partnership and investment club

    Irish resident trustee is generally taxable on income arising to the trust. However, where the beneficiary or trustee is a non-Irish resident, only Irish source income arising in such cases is taxable.
    Greece
    • Ομόρρυθμος εταιρεία (OE) (General partnership)

    • Ετερόρρυθμος εταιρεία (EE) (Limited partnership)

    Partnerships are subject to corporate income tax. However, up to 50 % of the profits of partnerships is taxed in the hands of the individual partners at their personal tax rate.

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Spain
    • Entities subject to the system for taxing attribution of profits:

      • Sociedad civil con o sin personalidad jurídica (Civil law partnership with or without legal personality),

      • Herencias yacentes (Estate of a deceased person),

      • Comunidad de bienes (Joint ownership).

    • Other entities without legal personality that constitute a separate economic unit or a separate group of assets (Article 35(4) of the Ley General Tributaria).

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    France
    • Société en participation (Joint venture company)

    • Société ou association de fait (De facto company)

    • Indivision (Joint ownership)

    • Fiducie

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Italy

    —

    All Civil law partnerships and assimilated entities

    The category of Civil law partnerships includes: “società in accomandita semplice”, “società semplici”, associazioni (associations) among artists or professional persons for the practice of their art or profession, without legal personality “società in nome collettivo”, “società di fatto” (irregular or “de facto” partnerships) and “società di armamento”

    —

    Companies with a limited number of shareholders opting for fiscal transparency

    The “tax transparency” regime may be adopted by limited liability companies or cooperative societies whose members are individuals (Article 116 of TUIR).

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Unless the trustee can provide documentation proving that the trust is fiscally resident and subject to effective corporate taxation in Italy.
    Cyprus
    • Συνεταιρισμός (Partnership)

    • Σύνδεσμος or σωματείο (Association)

    —

    Συνεργατικές (Cooperative)

    Only transactions with members.

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by local or foreign law

    Trusts created under Cypriot jurisdiction are considered transparent entities under national law.
    Latvia
    • Pilnsabiedrība (General partnership)

    • Komandītsabiedrība (Limited partnership)

    • Biedrība un nodibinājums (Association and foundation)

    • Lauksaimniecības kooperatīvs (Agriculture cooperative)

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Lithuania

    —

    “Trust”or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Luxembourg

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Hungary

    —

    “Trust”or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Hungary recognises trusts as “entities” under national rules
    Malta
    • Soċjetà In Akkomandita (Partnership “en commandite”), the capital of which is not divided into shares

    • Arrangement in participation (Association “en participation”)

    • Soċjetà Kooperattiva (Cooperative society)

    Partnerships “en commandite” the capital of which is divided into shares are subject to general CIT.
    The Netherlands
    • Vennootschap onder firma (General partnership)

    • Commanditaire vennootschap (Closed limited partnership)

    General partnerships, closed partnerships and EEIGs are transparent for tax purposes.
    • Vereniging (Association)

    • Stichting (Foundation)

    Verenigingen (Associations) and stichtingen (foundations) are tax exempt unless they carry on a trade or business.

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Austria
    • Offene Gesellschaft (OG) (general partnership)

    • Offene Handelsgesellschaft (OHG) (commercial partnership)

    • Kommanditgesellschaft (KG) (limited partnership)

    • Gesellschaft nach bürgerlichem Recht (civil law partnership)

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Poland
    • Spólka jawna (Sp. j.) (General partnership)

    • Spólka komandytowa (Sp. k.) (Limited partnership)

    • Spólka komandytowo-akcyjna (S.K.A.) (Limited joint-stock partnership)

    • Spólka partnerska (Sp. p.) (Professional partnership)

    • Spolka cywilna (s.c.) (civil law company)

    • “Trust”or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Portugal
    • Civil law partnerships not incorporated in a commercial form

    • Incorporated firms engaged in listed professional activities in which all partners are individuals qualified in the same profession

    • Companies merely holding assets which are either controlled by a family group or fully owned by no more than five persons;

    —

    Companies licensed to operate on the International Business Centre of Madeira eligible for exemption from IRC (Article 33 of the EBF)

    Article 33 of EBF, applicable to companies licensed until 31 December 2000, provides for an exemption from corporate income tax until 31 December 2011.

    —

    Unincorporated associations

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    The only trusts admitted under Portuguese law are those set up under foreign law by legal persons in the International Business Centre of Madeira.
    Romania
    • Association (partnership)

    • Cooperative (Cooperative)

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Slovenia

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Slovak Republic
    • Verejná obchodná spoločnosť (General partnership)

    • Komanditná spoločnosť (Limited partnership)

    • Združenie (Association)

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Finland
    • avoin yhtiö/öppet bolag (Partnership)

    • kommandiittiyhtiö/kommanditbolag (Limited partnership)

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    Sweden
    • handelsbolag (General partnership)

    • kommanditbolag (Limited partnership)

    • enkelt bolag (Simple partnership)

    • “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by foreign law

    United Kingdom
    • General partnership

    • Limited partnership

    • Limited liability partnership

    General partnerships, limited partnerships; limited liability partnerships are transparent for tax purposes.

    —

    Investment club (where members are entitled to a specific share of assets)

    Gibraltarf1

    —

    “Trust” or other similar legal arrangement, governed by local or foreign law

    Trust income is exempt from tax under the Income Tax Rules 1992 if:

    1. (a)

      the trust is created by or on behalf of a non-resident person; and

    2. (b)

      the income,

      • is accrued or derived outside Gibraltar, or

      • is received by a trust and if it had been received directly by the beneficiary, it would not be liable to tax under the Income Tax Ordinance.

    This does not apply if the trust is created before 1 July 1983 and the terms of the trust expressly exclude residents of Gibraltar as beneficiaries.

  4. (4)

    The following Annex is added as ‘Annex IV’:

    ‘ANNEX IV

    LIST OF ITEMS FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES TO BE PROVIDED ANNUALLY BY MEMBER STATES TO THE COMMISSION

    1.

    Economic items

    1.1.

    Withholding tax:

    For Austria and Luxembourg (as long as they apply the transitional provisions set out in Chapter III), the total annual amount of tax revenue shared from the withholding tax, split by Member State of residence of the beneficial owners.

    For Austria and Luxembourg (as long as they apply the transitional provisions set out in Chapter III), the total annual amount of tax revenue shared with the other Member States from the withholding tax levied under Article 11(5).

    Data on the total amounts collected from the withholding tax, split by Member State of residence of the beneficial owners, should also be sent to the national institution in charge of compiling balance of payments statistics.

    1.2.

    Amount of interest payments/sales proceeds:

    For the Member States exchanging information or having opted for the voluntary disclosure provision under Article 13, the amount of interest payments within their territory which is subject to exchange of information under Article 9, split by Member State or Dependant and Associated Territory of residence of the beneficial owners.

    For the Member States exchanging information or having opted for the voluntary disclosure provision under Article 13, the amount of sales proceeds within their territory which is subject to exchange of information under Article 9, split by Member State or Dependant and Associated Territory of residence of the beneficial owners.

    For Member States exchanging information or having opted for the voluntary disclosure mechanism, the amount of interest payments subject to exchange of information, split by type of interest payments according to the categories set out in Article 8(2).

    The data related to the total amounts of interest payments and sales proceeds, split by Member State of residence of the beneficial owners, should be communicated also to the national institution in charge of the compilation of Balance of Payments statistics.

    1.3.

    Beneficial owner:

    For all Member States, the number of beneficial owners resident in other Member States and Dependent and Associated Territories, split by Member State or Dependant and Associated Territory of residence.

    1.4.

    Paying agents:

    For all Member States, the number of paying agents (per sending Member State) involved in exchange of information or withholding tax for the purposes of this Directive.

    1.5.

    Paying agents upon receipt:

    For all Member States, the number of paying agents upon receipt having received interest payments within the meaning of Article 6(4). This concerns both sending Member States, in which interest payments have been made to paying agents upon receipt whose effective place of management is in other Member States, and receiving Member States, who have such entities or legal arrangements on their territory.

    2.

    Technical items

    2.1.

    Records:

    For the Member States exchanging information or having opted for the voluntary disclosure provision of Article 13, the number of records sent and received. One record means one payment for one beneficial owner.

    2.2.

    Processed/corrected records:

    • Number and percentage of syntactically invalid records that can be processed;

    • Number and percentage of syntactically invalid records that cannot be processed;

    • Number and percentage of non-processed records;

    • Number and percentage of records corrected upon request;

    • Number and percentage of records corrected spontaneously;

    • Number and percentage of records processed successfully.

    3.

    Optional items:

    3.1.

    For the Member States, the amount of interest payments to entities or legal arrangements which is made subject to exchange of information under Article 4(2), split by Member State of the entity's place of effective management.

    3.2.

    For the Member States, the amount of sales proceeds to entities or legal arrangements which is made subject to exchange of information under Article 4(2), split by Member State of establishment of the entity.

    3.3.

    The respective shares of total annual tax collected from resident taxpayers on interest payments made to them by domestic paying agents and by foreign paying agents.’.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

The United Kingdom is the Member State responsible for the external relations of Gibraltar, under the terms of Article 355(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.’.