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dossier	COM(2024)497 - Amendment of Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation.
document	COM(2024)497
date	April 14, 2025

Article 1

Amendments to Directive 2011/16/EU

Directive 2011/16/EU is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 3, point (9) is amended as follows:

(a)

the first subparagraph, is amended as follows:

(i)

point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a)

for the purposes of Article 8(1) and Articles 8a to 8ae, the systematic communication of predefined information to another Member State, without prior request, at pre-established regular intervals. For the purposes of Article 8(1), reference to available information relates to information in the tax files of the Member State communicating the information, which is retrievable in accordance with the procedures for gathering and processing information in that Member State;’

;

(ii)

point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c)	for the purposes of provisions of this Directive other than Articles 8(1) and 8(3a) and Articles 8a to 8ae, the systematic communication of predefined information provided for in the first subparagraph, points (a) and (b), of this point.’

;

(b)

the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘In the context of this Article, Articles 8(3a), 8(7a) and 21(2) of this Directive and Annex IV to this Directive, any capitalised term shall have the meaning that it has under the corresponding definitions set out in Annex I to this Directive. In the context of Article 21(5) and Article 25(3) and (4) of this Directive, any capitalised term shall have the meaning that it has under the corresponding definitions set out in Annex I, V or VI to this Directive. In the context of Article 8aa of this Directive and Annex III to this Directive, any capitalised term shall have the meaning that it has under the corresponding definitions set out in Annex III to this Directive. In the context of Article 8ac of this Directive and Annex V to this Directive, any capitalised term shall have the meaning that it has under the corresponding definitions set out in Annex V to this Directive. In the context of Article 8ad of this Directive and Annex VI to this Directive, any capitalised term shall have the meaning that it has under the corresponding definitions set out in Annex VI to this Directive. In the context of Articles 8ae and 9a of this Directive and Annex VII to this Directive, any term shall have the same meaning as defined in Article 3, Article 9(2), point (a), Article 16(4), (6), (8) and (11), Article 17(1), Article 21(5), Article 22(1), Article 24(4) and (6), Article 26(2), Article 27(3), (4), and (5), Article 28(1), Article 30(2), Article 31(1), Article 32, Article 33(1), Article 35(1), Article 36(1), Article 37(1), Article 39(1), Article 42(1), Article 44(1), Article 47(1) and Article 49(3) of Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 (*1). Furthermore, any capitalised term shall have the same meaning as defined in Section I of Annex VII to this Directive.

(*1) Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 15 December 2022 on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups in the Union (OJ L 328, 22.12.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2523/oj).’;"

(2)

Article 8(3a) is replaced by the following:

‘3a. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to require its Reporting Financial Institutions to perform the reporting and due diligence rules included in Annexes I and II and to ensure effective implementation of, and compliance with, such rules in accordance with Section IX of Annex I.

Pursuant to the applicable reporting and due diligence rules contained in Annexes I and II, the competent authority of each Member State shall, by automatic exchange, communicate within the deadline laid down in point (b) of paragraph 6 to the competent authority of any other Member State, the following information regarding taxable periods as from 1 January 2016 concerning a Reportable Account:

(a)

the name, address, TIN(s) and date and place of birth (in the case of an individual) of each Reportable Person that is an Account Holder of the account and, in the case of any Entity that is an Account Holder and that, after application of due diligence rules consistent with the Annexes I and II, is identified as having one or more Controlling Persons that are Reportable Persons, the name, address, and TIN(s) of the Entity and the name, address, TIN(s) and date and place of birth of each Reportable Person;

(b)	the account number (or functional equivalent in the absence of an account number);

(c)	the name and identifying number (if any) of the Reporting Financial Institution;

(d)

the account balance or value (including, in the case of a Cash Value Insurance Contract or Annuity Contract, the Cash Value or surrender value) as of the end of the relevant calendar year or other appropriate reporting period or, if the account was closed during such year or period, the closure of the account;

(e)

in the case of any Custodial Account:

(i)

the total gross amount of interest, the total gross amount of dividends, and the total gross amount of other income generated with respect to the assets held in the account, in each case paid or credited to the account (or with respect to the account) during the calendar year or other appropriate reporting period; and

(ii)

the total gross proceeds from the sale or redemption of Financial Assets paid or credited to the account during the calendar year or other appropriate reporting period with respect to which the Reporting Financial Institution acted as a custodian, broker, nominee, or otherwise as an agent for the Account Holder;

(f)	in the case of any Depository Account, the total gross amount of interest paid or credited to the account during the calendar year or other appropriate reporting period;

(g)

in the case of any account not described in point (e) or point (f), the total gross amount paid or credited to the Account Holder with respect to the account during the calendar year or other appropriate reporting period with respect to which the Reporting Financial Institution is the obligor or debtor, including the aggregate amount of any redemption payments made to the Account Holder during the calendar year or other appropriate reporting period;

(h)	whether a valid self-certification has been provided for each Account Holder;

(i)	the role(s) by virtue of which each Reportable Person that is a Controlling Person of an Entity Account Holder is a Controlling Person of the Entity and whether a valid self-certification has been provided for each such Reportable Person;

(j)	the type of account, whether the account is a Pre-existing Account or a New Account and whether the account is a joint account, including the number of joint Account Holders; and

(k)	in the case of any Equity Interest held in an Investment Entity that is a legal arrangement, the role(s) by virtue of which the Reportable Person is an Equity Interest holder.

For the purposes of the exchange of information under this paragraph, unless otherwise provided for in this paragraph or in Annex I or II, the amount and characterisation of payments made with respect to a Reportable Account shall be determined in accordance with the national legislation of the Member State which communicates the information.

The first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph shall prevail over point (c) of paragraph 1 or any other Union legal instrument, to the extent that the exchange of information at issue would fall within the scope of point (c) of paragraph 1 or of any other Union legal instrument.

The competent authority of each Member State shall communicate the information referred to in points (h) to (k) of the second subparagraph regarding taxable periods as from 1 January 2026.’

;

(3)

the following article is inserted:

‘Article 8ae

Filing format and exchange of information with respect to Top-up tax information returns under Article 44 of Directive (EU) 2022/2523

1. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to require the filing constituent entity of an MNE group to use the standard template set out in Section IV of Annex VII to this Directive to fulfil the filing obligations under Article 44 of Directive (EU) 2022/2523.

2. The competent authority of a Member State which has received the Top-up tax information return filed by the ultimate parent entity or designated filing entity, as referred to in Article 44(3), points (a) and (b), of Directive (EU) 2022/2523, shall communicate, by means of automatic exchange and in accordance with the following dissemination approach, the following:

(a)	the General section of the Top-up tax information return, to the Implementing Member State where the ultimate parent entity or constituent entities of the MNE group are located;

(b)

the General section of the Top-up tax information return, with the exception of the high-level summary information in Section 1.4 thereof, to the Qualified domestic top-up tax (QDTT)-only Member States:

(i)	where constituent entities of the MNE group are located;

(ii)	where a joint venture or a member of a joint venture group of the MNE group is located if the qualified domestic top-up tax is imposed in respect of joint ventures in the Member State;

(iii)

where the qualified domestic top-up tax is imposed in the Member State in respect of a stateless constituent entity or a stateless joint venture of the MNE group;

(c)	one or more Jurisdictional sections of the Top-up tax information return, to Member States that have taxing rights under Directive (EU) 2022/2523, including the qualified domestic top-up tax, in respect of the Member States to which such Jurisdictional sections relate.

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, point (c), UTPR jurisdictions with a UTPR percentage of zero shall only be provided with the portion of the Top-up tax information return that contains information on the attribution of Top-up tax under the UTPR in respect of that jurisdiction, such information being consistent with an excerpt of Section 3.4.3 of the Top-up tax information return, and the Implementing Member State in which the ultimate parent entity is located shall be provided with all Jurisdictional sections.

3. The competent authority of a Member State shall communicate the Top-up tax information return received pursuant to paragraph 2 and that communication shall take place no later than 3 months after the filing deadline for the Reporting fiscal year.

4. The competent authority of a Member State shall communicate the Top-up tax information return received after the filing deadline, and that communication shall take place no later than 3 months after the date on which it is received.

5. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the necessary practical arrangements to facilitate the communication as referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).

6. The Commission shall not have access to the information referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) to (c).

7. The communication of information, as referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article, shall take place using the standard computerised format referred to in Article 20(4).’

;

(4)

Article 8b is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8b

Statistics on automatic exchanges

Member States shall provide the Commission on an annual basis with statistics on the volume of automatic exchanges under Articles 8(1), 8(3a), 8aa, 8ac and 8ae and with information on the administrative and other relevant costs and benefits relating to exchanges that have taken place and any potential changes, for both tax administrations and third parties.’

;

(5)

the following article is inserted:

‘Article 9a

Collaboration on corrections, compliance and enforcement with respect to Top-up tax information returns

1. Where the competent authority of a Member State has reason to believe that the information in a Top-up tax information return filed by an ultimate parent entity or designated filing entity that is located in the jurisdiction of the other Member State, communicated under Article 8ae, requires the correction of manifest errors, it shall, without undue delay, notify the competent authority of the other Member State. If the notified competent authority agrees that the information in the Top-up tax information return requires correction, it shall take, without undue delay, appropriate measures to obtain a corrected Top-up tax information return from the concerned ultimate parent entity or designated filing entity. It shall communicate, without undue delay, the corrected Top-up tax information return with all competent authorities for which such information is subject to exchange in accordance with this Directive.

2. When the competent authority of a Member State has received a notification from one or more constituent entities located in its Member State that the Top-up tax information return for such constituent entities was to be filed by the ultimate parent entity or designated filing entity located in another Member State, but the information included in the Top-up tax information return was not communicated within the deadlines specified in Article 8ae(3) or Article 27d(3) and (4), it shall, without undue delay, notify the other competent authority that the information has not been received. The notified competent authority shall, without undue delay, determine the reason for not communicating the concerned Top-up tax information return and shall inform the competent authority within 1 month of receipt of the notification, including the expected exchange date for the Top-up tax information return, where relevant. The expected exchange date shall be set for a date no later than 3 months from the date of the receipt of notification of the missing exchange.’

;

(6)	in Article 18, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The competent authority of each Member State shall put in place an effective mechanism to ensure the use of information acquired through the reporting or the exchange of information under Articles 8 to 8ae.’ ;

(7)

in Article 20, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4. The automatic exchange of information pursuant to Articles 8, 8ac and 8ae shall be carried out using a standard computerised format aimed at facilitating such automatic exchange, adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).’

;

(8)

in Article 22, paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:

‘3. Member States shall retain the records of the information received through the automatic exchange of information pursuant to Articles 8 to 8ae for no longer than necessary but in any event not less than five years from its date of receipt to achieve the purposes of this Directive.

4. Member States shall endeavour to ensure that a reporting entity is allowed to obtain confirmation by electronic means of the validity of the information on the TIN of any taxpayer subject to the exchange of information under Articles 8 to 8ae. The confirmation of the information on the TIN may be requested only for the purposes of validation of the correctness of data referred to in Articles 8(1), 8(3a), 8a(6), 8aa(3), 8ab(14), 8ac(2), 8ad(3) and 8ae(2).’

;

(9)

Article 25a is replaced by the following:

‘Article 25a

Penalties

Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and concerning Articles 8aa to 8ae and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.’

;

(10)

the following article is inserted:

‘Article 27d

The first Reporting fiscal year and communication of the information under Article 8ae for the first time

1. The first Reporting fiscal year for which the information is to be communicated under Article 8ae is the first fiscal year beginning from 31 December 2023.

2. For the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523, the first Reporting fiscal year for which the information is to be communicated under Article 8ae shall be the first fiscal year following the end of such election.

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of this paragraph, for the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 and have elected to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax pursuant to Article 11(1) of that Directive, the first Reporting fiscal year for which the information is to be communicated under Article 8ae shall be the first fiscal year during which the qualified domestic top-up tax applies.

3. The competent authority of the Member State shall communicate the information under Article 8ae with respect to the first Reporting fiscal year no later than 6 months after the filing deadline.

4. In any case, Member States shall communicate the information under Article 8ae for the first time no earlier than 1 December 2026.’

;

(11)	the text set out in the Annex to this Directive is added as Annex VII.

Article 2

Transposition

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2025, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.

They shall apply those measures from 1 January 2026.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this Article, the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 1, point (1) and points (3) to (11), of this Directive by the day before the end of such election.

They shall apply those measures from the day after the day such election ends.

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 and have elected to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax pursuant to Article 11(1) of that Directive shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the day before the first Reporting fiscal year under the election to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax starts. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.

They shall apply those measures from the beginning of the first Reporting fiscal year under the election to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax.

When the first Reporting fiscal year referred to in the third subparagraph of this paragraph begins before or on the day this Directive enters into force, the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 and have elected to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax pursuant to Article 11(1) of that Directive shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2025, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.

They shall apply those measures from 1 January 2026.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2027, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 1, point (8), of this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.

They shall apply those measures from 1 January 2028.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

4. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.