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Number 3 - 2007 contains the following:
 

ARTICLES

European Union
Free Movement of Capital, Third Country Relationships and National Tax Law: An Emerging Issue before the ECJ
Axel Cordewener, Georg W. Kofler and Clemens Philipp Schindler

pp. 107-119

The authors provide a survey of the dogmatic and practical issues that have been raised in legal doctrine and by the European Court of Justice with regard to Art. 56 to Art. 58 of the EC Treaty. They then consider the relevance of these issues to capital movements between Member States and third countries.
Germany
Tightening of the German Anti-Treaty-Shopping Rule
Dr Petra Eckl
pp. 120-125
In this article, the author first outlines the development of the German anti-treaty-shopping rule. She then examines the implications of the various "Hilversum" decisions, before considering the amended anti-treaty-shopping rule and the EC law aspects of the amended law.
Nordic Countries
Taxation of Corporate Shareholders in the Nordic Countries - Part 1
Thor Leegaard
pp. 126-134

In Part 1 of this article, the author focuses on the technical aspects of the similar participation exemption regimes in the Nordic countries by first discussing the scope of the regimes. The conclusion to the scope of the regimes and the anti-avoidance rules form the subject matter of Part 2.
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International
International Tax Implications of Tradable Allowances
Katalin Csikós
pp. 135-143
This article focuses on the international tax aspects of tradable allowances, in particular the application of the distributive rules of the OECD Model Convention. As most of the identified problems emerge in the domestic context, the tax, accounting and legal treatment of the allowances in Hungary, the United Kingdom and the United States are addressed as a foundation for the international analysis.
EC UPDATE
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European Union
The Influence of European Law on Direct Taxation - Recent and Future Developments
Alexander Fortuin, LL.M.
pp. 144-148
Italy
New Italian Tax Regime for Stock Option Plans
Arnaldo Salvatore

pp. 149-150

Romania
Car Registration Tax - The First Romanian ECJ Case?
Cosmin Flavius Costaş
pp. 151-152
Sweden
Swedish Advance Rulings: Group Contribution Regime Contrary to EC Law

Dunja Brodic

pp. 153-155
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