Projet de loi portant assentiment à l'Accord entre le Royaume de Belgique et les Bermudes en vue de l'échange de renseignements en matière fiscale, fait à Bruxelles le 11 avril 2013 et à Hamilton le 23 mai 2013.
General information ¶
- Submitted by
- MR Swedish coalition
- Submission date
- May 20, 2015
- Official page
- Visit
- Status
- Adopted
- Requirement
- Simple
- Subjects
- Bermuda tax convention international agreement exchange of information
Voting ¶
- Voted to adopt
- CD&V ∉ Open Vld N-VA LDD MR PP
- Voted to reject
- Groen Vooruit Ecolo LE PS | SP DéFI
- Abstained from voting
- PVDA | PTB VB
Party dissidents ¶
- Olivier Maingain (MR) voted to reject.
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Discussion ¶
July 15, 2015 | Plenary session (Chamber of representatives)
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President Siegfried Bracke ⚙
Mr Luykx, rapporteur, refers to the written report.
Dirk Van der Maelen Vooruit ⚙
Mr. Speaker, I have already, in the committee with the colleagues of the Greens and PS, extensive speeches against the fact that the government proposes us to conclude a treaty on the exchange of information with Bermuda.
We are against it because through such actions Belgium makes itself complicit in granting respectfulness to a notorious tax paradise. Furthermore, we thus contradict the OECD’s explicit wish that, for the purpose 6 of the BEPS program, calls on the OECD Member States to be ⁇ careful with the current conclusion of tax agreements with tax havens. In the committee, we tried with the united opposition to bring the government majority to other insights. Unfortunately, this has not succeeded.
Colleagues, you can’t be proud of this: we give respect to a notorious tax haven and we go against the internationally organized struggle against tax fraud through tax havens. We are complicit in this. We deeply regret this.
Minister Didier Reynders ⚙
We have had a long debate on this in the committee. I would like to refer to the responses in the Committee.
The exchange of information and intelligence is very important, including with those countries. That’s why we said we should go in that direction.