Taxation (Agreements with European Union Member States (Revocation) (Jersey) Regulations 201-

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A decision made 17 October 2018:

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-ER-2018-0030
DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Draft Taxation (Agreements with European Union Member States) (Revocation)(Jersey) Regulations 201-
DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:	Adviser – International Affairs	IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT? (if exempt state clause from Code of Practice booklet and from 1st January 2015 stating the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)		Public
REPORT TITLE: Draft Taxation (Agreements with European Union Member States) (Revocation) (Jersey) Regulations 201-
REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT: (if different from Decision Summary Author)		IS THE REPORT PUBLIC OR EXEMPT? (if exempt state clause from Code of Practice booklet and from 1st January 2015 stating the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)		Public
DECISION AND REASON FOR THE DECISION: The Minister for External Relations approved for lodging “au Greffe” the Draft Taxation (Agreements with European Union Member States) (Revocation)(Jersey) Regulations 201- With the repealing of EU Directive 2003/28/EC, agreements that Jersey had entered into with all the EU Member States on the Taxation of Savings Income, to which the Taxation (Agreements with European Union Member States)(Jersey) Regulations 2005 refer, were terminated. However, the repeal and the termination were both subject to certain transitional arrangements which for Jersey were provided for through the Taxation (Agreements with European Member States)(Suspension of Regulations)(Jersey) Order 2016 and the Taxation (Agreements with European Union Member States) (Suspension and Termination of Agreement with Austria) (Jersey) Order 2017. The separate Order for Austria was required because Austria was given an extra year to implement the OECD Common Reporting Standard on the Automatic Exchange of Information which is a wide ranging international standard applying globally, to which the EU Member States and Jersey are a party, and which removed the need for the EU Directive and the separate agreements on the automatic exchange of information which related only to the taxation of savings income. As those transitional arrangements have now expired, and the 2005 Regulations therefore have no legal effect, those Regulations should now be formally repealed.
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS: There are no manpower or financial resource implications arising from the Draft Taxation (Agreements with European Union Member States) (Revocation)(Jersey) Regulations 201-
ACTION REQUIRED: The Greffier of the States is requested to arrange to lodge “au Greffe” the Draft Taxation (Agreements with European Union Member States) (Revocation)(Jersey) Regulations 201- with a view to the Regulations being debated at the earliest possible date.
SIGNATURE: SENATOR IAN GORST			POSITION: MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS

DATE SIGNED			EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION