The OECD has steered clear of including any references to EU law requirements in its 2014 Deliverables of the BEPS Action Plan. Otherwise, non-EU Member States might have gotten the impression that any future recommendations on how to curb BEPS will eventually not be fully implemented in Europe....

The Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (Action Plan) intends to “revamp” the work on harmful tax practices that has been undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since the late 1990s. Further enhancement of the OECD's transparency...