The High Level Working Party (Taxation) will meet on Tuesday 23 February 2016. The agenda reads as follows: 1. Future of the Code of Conduct – Draft Council conclusions 2. Directive on automatic exchange of information – State of play – Preparation of ECOFIN 3. Commission Report on Directive 2011/64/EU (Excise Duty Applied to Manufactured Tobacco) – Draft Council conclusions 4. Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) – State of play 5. Anti-Tax Avoidance Package (ATAP): other aspects a) Recommendation on measures against tax treaty abuse – Discussion on the way forward in the Council b) Communication on an external strategy for effective taxation – Discussion on the way forward in the Council 6. Any Other Business
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