2 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2016/0209(CNS)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is therefore necessary to ensure the access by the tax authorities to the AML information, procedures, documents and mechanisms for the performance of their duties in monitoring the proper application of Directive 2011/16/EU and to include this information, when relevant, in the automatic exchanges between Member States, and with the Commission, on a confidential basis.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
The following article is inserted: “Article 8a The tax authorities of a Member State shall, within six months of their collection, automatically exchange the documents and information referred to in Article 22 of this Directive with any other Member State, and with the Commission on a confidential basis, if the beneficial owner of a firm, or, in the case of a trust, the settler, one of the trustees, the protector (where applicable), a beneficiary or any other person exercising genuine control over the trust, or, lastly, the holder of an account referred to in Article 32a of Directive (EU) 2015/849 is a taxpayer in that Member State.”