ArmInfo. The European Union has approved a black list of 17 offshore companies, to which sanctions may be applied in the future. About this, according to TASS, Reuters reported with reference to the Minister of Economy and Finances of France Bruno Le Maire. Previously, Bloomberg reported that only 36 countries, including Armenia, could get into the black list of offshore companies.
According to the agency, the list includes American Samoa, Bahrain, Barbados, Grenada, Guam, the Republic of Korea, Macao, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Namibia, Palau, Panama, Saint Lucia, Samoa, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and the United Arab The Emirates.
Minister of Economy and Finance of France Bruno Le Maire specified that 47 more states and territories are included in the so-called blacklist. They promised to eradicate offshore practices in their legislation and ensure financial and tax transparency.
In 2016, the European Commission identified 81 countries and jurisdictions, which recorded a high probability of applying tax evasion schemes.
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