It was agreed that a new EU approach to corporate taxation is needed to successfully address tax abuse, ensure sustainable revenues and foster a better business environment in the internal market. Today, the College agreed to take a more comprehensive approach to improve corporate taxation in the EU, also taking into account ongoing international reforms in this field. Today's orientation debate will feed into an Action Plan in June, which will include a strategy to re-launch the works on the introduction at the level of the EU of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB), to implement measures against tax avoidance which are being developed at international level within the OECD, and to further strengthen tax transparency while taking into account the necessity to reinforce the efficiency of the tax environment for businesses in the internal market.