VAT Expert Group (VEG)
Details
Abbreviation: VEG
Policy Area: Taxation
Lead DG: DG Taxation and Customs Union
Type: Formal
Scope: Limited
Mission: Advise Commission on the preparation of legislative acts and other policy initiatives in the field of VAT. Provide insight concerning the practical implementation of legislative acts and other EU policy initiatives in the field of VAT.
Task: Assist the Commission in the preparation of legislative proposals and policy initiatives
Contact: -
Publication in RegExp: 25/09/2012
Creating Act: -
Last updated: 03/07/2023
Additional Information
Activity report: The first meeting of the group took place on 24 October 2012. The agenda, documents and summary minutes of that meeting and any following meetings are published in the Public Documents Repository of the Directorate General "Taxation and Customs Union".
Selection procedure: On 5 July 2016, the Commission adopted Decision C(2016) 4098 amending Decision 2012/C 188/02 with regard to the duration of the mandate of the members of the VAT Expert Group, and a call for applications for the selection of members and observers in the VAT Expert group was published. On 29 September 2016, the Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union appointed the members and observers to the VAT Expert Group for a mandate of 3 years starting on 1 October 2016. On 2 October 2019, the Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union appointed the members to the VAT Expert Group for a mandate of 3 years starting on 1 October 2019. On 5 July 2022, a new call for applications for the renewal of membership has been launched. The deadline to send applications is 5 August 2022. On 12 September 2022, the Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union appointed the members to the VAT Expert Group for a mandate of 3 years starting on 1 October 2022.
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/vat-expert-group_en
Ares(2022)6323707 - Decision - appointment of VEG members 2022-2025.pdf (approx. 213 kb)
Rules of procedure: The rules of procedure were adopted at the first meeting of the group on 24 October 2012.
Subgroups
No Subgroups assigned to this group.
- 1.Dit type werkgroepen van de Europese Unie adviseert de Europese Commissie bij het opstellen van nieuwe wetgeving en nieuw beleid. Daarnaast houden ze zich bezig met controle, coördinatie en samenwerking met de lidstaten. Expertgroepen kunnen tijdelijk of permanent zijn ingesteld. De deskundigen worden niet betaald, maar krijgen een onkostenvergoeding. Expertgroepen zijn samengesteld uit deskundigen van nationale overheden, vertegenwoordigers van belangenorganisaties en/of experts uit het bedrijfsleven.
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