| 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 and other capital market matters; harmonisation of company law; and the co-ordination of banking legislation. This file also includes reports submitted to the Committee regarding the relevant activities and opinions of various interested parties including the Association of Investment Trust Companies. Furthermore, this file includes a report from the Inter-Bank Research Organisation entitled 'EEC: Selected Secondary Legislation and Background Information: Third Edition' (Jan 1976); working documents from the European Parliament on a draft code of principles for multinational enterprises and governments; and a note prepared by the Bank of England entitled 'The City Code on Take-Overs and Mergers'. |