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  • European finance ministers have agreed to discuss proposals for an air fuel tax on commercial aircraft. An ECOFIN (European Economic and Financial Affairs) council meeting on March 14 listened to European Commission (EC) plans for the tax, which would levy anything from 10-245 euros per 1000 litres of aviation fuel.
  • The UK does not have a single thin capitalization code, but recent additions to the tax rules significantly change the regime. David Hughes of Allen & Overy, London evaluates the three techniques used by the UK to combat thin capitalization
  • The Swedish government has proposed that the parliament accepts certain changes to the tax treaty between Sweden and the People's Republic of China.
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  • Despite widely expected changes, the financial secretary, Donald Tsang Yam-Kuen, made no significant changes to Hong Kong's tax regime. Only three measures were announced: a reduction in the stamp duty on stock transactions (from 0.25% to 0.225%), an extension of the diesel duty concessionary rate, and an extension of exemptions for electronic vehicles.
  • An important decision by a lower German tax court (Tax Court of Rheinland-Pfalz) appeared in the professional journals in mid-1999. The decision's headnote reads as follows:
  • Out-of-home advertiser Clear Channel Communications has agreed a $4.4 billion stock merger with SFK Entertainment, a promoter, producer and venue operator for live entertainment.
  • The French advertising group Havas has bought the US company Snyder Communications for $2.1 billion. The deal is a stock transaction, with each Snyder share valued at $29.50. This latest acquisition makes Havas the fourth-largest advertising agency in the world.
  • Global Crossing, the Bermuda telecommunications company, is to acquire IPC Communications and IXnet, both of whom provide networks for the financial community.
  • CGU and Norwich Union have agreed to merge in a £20 billion ($31.4 billion) deal, forming the UK's largest insurance company. The new firm, CGNU, predicts £250 million in annualized pre-tax cost savings within 18 months of the merger's completion.