# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/99 of 22 January 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2378 as regards the form and conditions of communication for the yearly assessment of the effectiveness of the automatic exchange of information and the list of statistical data to be provided by Member States for the purposes of evaluating of Council Directive 2011/16/EU, Introduction: Introductory text

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/99
of 22 January 2018
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2378 as regards the form and conditions of communication for the yearly assessment of the effectiveness of the automatic exchange of information and the list of statistical data to be provided by Member States for the purposes of evaluating of Council Directive 2011/16/EU
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Directive 77/799/EEC, and in particular Article 23(3) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 23(3) of Directive 2011/16/EU provides for a yearly assessment of the effectiveness of the automatic exchange of information to be communicated by the Member States to the Commission.
(2)
Article 23(4) of Directive 2011/16/EU provides for a list of statistical data to be provided by the Member States for the purposes of evaluating that Directive.
(3)
The list does not include statistical data as regards the mandatory exchange of information pursuant to Article 8a of Directive 2011/16/EU as such data will be gathered by the Commission from the central directory established pursuant to Article 21(5) of Directive 2011/16/EU.
(4)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2378 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Administrative Cooperation for Taxation,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/99/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-99/introduction
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