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Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 583 consultation files tracked so far (42,224 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
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Invest Europe welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to investigate a common EU-wide system for withholding tax on dividend or interest payments, as we encourage the idea of removing tax barriers to cross-border investment.
Interested party: Association NATIONALE DES SOCIETES BY ACTIONS (ANSA) 39 Rue de Prony 75017 PARIS FRANCE Number of the Transparency Register of the European Union: 236569017571-35 national corporation by shares (ANSA) is pleased to note that the public consultation concerns the establishment of a new EU system to avoid double taxation and prevent abusive tax practices in the field of withholding taxes.
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
Invest Europe welcomes the European Commissions proposal of the Directive on Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes and the initiative to introduce a common EU-wide system for withholding tax on dividend or interest payments, as we encourage the idea of removing tax barriers to cross-border investment.
Invest Europe welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to look into possible options to mitigate a potential debt-equity bias induced by taxation, and would like to share the following points, which we believe are important to take into account when designing such a system.
In the public consultation held in September-October 2021 on this topic and in which it participated, ANSA was biased in favour of balanced, realistic measures with reduced budgetary effects. Therefore, the measures presented under the aegis of the Commission in the proposal for a directive of 11 May 2022 (COM (2022) 216 final) give rise to the most complete misunderstanding on our part, as they combine financing…
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
Invest Europe commends the Commission for making efforts to increase investments in European businesses. Balancing the treatment of debt and equity financing in a more equitable way is a daunting task and whilst addressing a perceived “bias” seems logical, it is worth noting there are many valid legal, regulatory and commercial reasons for use of debt.
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