Please find enclosed the comments by the International Bar Association regarding the Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation directive and Transfer Pricing directive. The IBA, the global voice of the legal profession, includes over 80,000 of the worlds top lawyers and 180 Bar Associations and Law Societies worldwide.
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International Bar Association
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3
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
3
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1205 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #610 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
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declared costs / yr (floor)
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EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2009
in the register since
Declares membership of
- ECOSOC Special since 1947
- Consultative Status
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- UN Global Compact status: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants/5370#cop
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Head office
- London, United kingdom
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
International Bar Association filed 3 positions between 25 Jan 2023 and 3 Sept 2025, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 3 times.
2023 · 2 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
Re: European Commission - Call for evidence for an impact assessment on Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Dear Sir / Madam, The International Bar Association ("IBA") would like to take this opportunity to provide comments as part of the Call for evidence for an impact assessment ("Call for evidence") on Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation ("BEFIT"), open for feedback from 13…
The Mergers Working Group of the Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association (Working Group) welcomes the European Commissions effort to refresh the EU Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines (the 'EU merger guidelines') where they appear to be patently out-of-date.
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Turns up on the same files
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