We support initiatives to encourage productive and sustainable investment in the European economy, but we do not think the debt-equity bias is as real or pervasive as the Commission appears to believe, and while we express no opinion about the proposed allowance on new equity, we have serious concerns about the proposed limitation to interest deductions.
CE
CREFC Europe
Industry association · United Kingdom · EU Transparency Register 050415314994-69
2
positions filed
in the 583 files tracked
1
legislative file
of 583 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
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Who they are
Among the 1365 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #986 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.1
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€10K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2014
in the register since
Declares membership of
- We are a member of the European Real Estate Forum (https://www.europeanrealestateforum.eu) and of the UK Property Ind…
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 2 Sept 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Commercial Real Estate Finance Council Europe (CREFC Europe)
- Head office
- London, United kingdom
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 2 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
CREFC Europe filed 2 positions between 12 Jul 2021 and 26 Jul 2022, across 1 of the 583 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2021 · 1 filed2022 · 1 filed
What they argued
There is a fundamental difference between equity and debt investments which justifies the different tax treatment of payments made to equity investors and to lenders. An equity investor is an owner of the undertaking who hopes to profit from that ownership. A lender provides a service for a price, namely the loan of capital in return for a financing charge.
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