Description | This file includes material regarding both the administration and meetings of the City/EEC Liaison Committee (agendas, minutes and associated correspondence). Issues for discussion at Committee meetings included taxation (value added tax, indirect taxes on securities transactions, corporation tax and witholding tax); insurance (non-life and life insurance); merger control and regulation of take-overs as well as other capital market matters; harmonisation of company law; credit institutions; and the consumer action programme. This file also includes reports submitted to the Committee regarding the relevant activities and opinions of various interested parties including the General Council of British Shipping. Furthermore, this file includes an article entitled 'The City of London and the European Community - A Personal View' by Robin Hutton and an information paper concerning the Lome Convention. |