Proposal for a Council Directive implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of Financial Transactions Tax

European Commission, 2013

This is the Commission’s proposal of a Financial Transactions Tax to be rolled out across 11 European countries as part of the enhanced cooperation procedure.

The Council authorised the implementation of enhanced cooperation in the area of a financial transaction tax on 22 January 2013, following the European Parliament’s consent which was given on 12 December 2012.

Download a pdf file of the full proposal here.