INTERNATIONAL TAX PLAZA - EP’s PANA Committee’s next meeting is planned for October 13, 2016

The next meeting of the European Parliament’s Inquiry Committee’s on money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (Hereafter: PANA) is scheduled for October 13, 2016. During the meeting PANA will have a public hearing with international and supranational organisations in order to get an understanding of how international standards in the area of information exchange for tax purposes and Anti-Money Laundering are set, and which are the bodies and mechanisms which assess their effective implementation and enforcement.

According to a draft programme published the programme of the meeting is expected to be as follows:

09.00 CET: Opening word by the PANA Chair

09.10 CET: Presentations by speakers (7-minutes each)

· Michael Lennard, Chief, International Tax Cooperation Section U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - United Nations (UN) (via videoconference)

· Caroline Malcolm, Senior Counsellor and Advisor to the Director and Deputy Director at the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (via videoconference)

· David Lewis, Executive Secretary, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

· Daniel Thelesklaf, President of the Committee on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL)

· Isabelle Vaillant, Director for Regulations, European Banking Authority (EBA)

· According to PANA, in addition a representative of the European Commission will be invited to take the floor.