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Document 32025L0872
Council Directive (EU) 2025/872 of 14 April 2025 amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation
Council Directive (EU) 2025/872 of 14 April 2025 amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation
Council Directive (EU) 2025/872 of 14 April 2025 amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation
ST/6963/2025/INIT
OJ L, 2025/872, 6.5.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/872/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2025/872
of 14 April 2025
amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 113 and 115 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),
Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure,
Whereas:
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Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 (3) implements the agreement reached on 8 October 2021 by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework (‘OECD/G20 IF’) on base erosion and profit shifting (‘BEPS’) and closely follows the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar Two) of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (‘OECD Model Rules’) agreed by the OECD/G20 IF on 14 December 2021. Directive (EU) 2022/2523 introduces a qualified income inclusion rule (‘IIR’) and a qualified undertaxed profit rule (‘UTPR’). That Directive also allows Member States to introduce their own qualified domestic top-up tax (‘QDTT’). |
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Directive (EU) 2022/2523 already establishes the rules for filing Top-up tax information returns and outlines broadly the information categories to be reported by the multinational enterprise (‘MNE’) groups and large-scale domestic groups covered by that Directive. The tax administrations need those Top-up tax information returns to perform an appropriate risk assessment, to evaluate the correctness of the tax liability and to monitor whether MNE groups and large-scale domestic groups apply the rules established in Directive (EU) 2022/2523 correctly. |
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It is therefore appropriate to amend Council Directive 2011/16/EU (4) to establish new rules on the automatic exchange of information to facilitate the exchange of information with respect to the Top-up tax information return and thereby establish the framework for the operational implementation of the filing obligations laid down in Directive (EU) 2022/2523, in line with the OECD/G20 IF Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of GloBE Information and its commentary and the GloBE Information Return (‘GIR’) to the extent that such new rules are consistent with the filing obligations laid down in Directive (EU) 2022/2523 and with Union law. |
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While the general rule is that a constituent entity files a Top-up tax information return with its tax administration (‘local filing’), Directive (EU) 2022/2523 provides a derogation pursuant to which a constituent entity is not obliged to file a Top-up tax information return with its tax administration if a Top-up tax information return has been filed by the ultimate parent entity or by a designated filing entity located in a jurisdiction that has, for the Reporting fiscal year, a qualifying competent authority agreement in effect with the Member State in which the constituent entity is located (‘central filing’). This Directive constitutes such a qualifying competent authority agreement between Member States. |
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The new rules on automatic exchange of information should enable the central filing of the Top-up tax information return in accordance with Directive (EU) 2022/2523, and may also serve for filing purposes in each jurisdiction that is implementing the OECD Model Rules (‘implementing jurisdiction’) (5). Tax administrations of each relevant Member State should receive the necessary information under the standardised information return. |
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Member States should take the necessary measures to require the filing constituent entities of MNE groups to use the standard template set out in Directive 2011/16/EU to fulfil their filing obligations under Directive (EU) 2022/2523. The Member States have discretion regarding which template is to be used by large-scale domestic groups to fulfil their filing obligations laid down in Directive (EU) 2022/2523, except in the limited situations when there is a need for exchange of information. |
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When a Member State receives a Top-up tax information return from the ultimate parent entity or the designated filing entity of an MNE group under central filing in accordance with Directive (EU) 2022/2523, that Member State should communicate to other Implementing Member States or QDTT-only Member States, no later than 3 months after the filing deadline, or – in the case of receipt of a Top-up tax information return after the filing deadline – no later than 3 months after such receipt, the relevant specific parts of the Top-up tax information return in accordance with the dissemination approach approved by the OECD/G20 IF. As regards the first Reporting fiscal year, the deadline for communication of those relevant specific parts of the Top-up tax information return should be prolonged to 6 months after the filing deadline. Additionally, in order to accommodate any delays in the new system of exchange, in any case (i.e. for the first and next Reporting fiscal years) the first exchange will take place no earlier than 1 December 2026. |
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The Member State of the ultimate parent entity of the MNE group should receive the full Top-up tax information return. The Implementing Member State should be provided with the General section of the Top-up tax information return, provided that there is a constituent entity of the MNE group located in its territory. The QDTT-only Member State, where constituent entities of the MNE group are located, should be provided with the relevant parts of the General section of the Top-up tax information return, although QDTT-only Member States should not send any information in respect of the Top-up tax information return by automatic exchange of information. |
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Jurisdictional sections should be provided to the Member State with taxing rights under Directive (EU) 2022/2523, including the QDTT, in accordance with the dissemination approach. |
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Directive (EU) 2022/2523 allows Member States in which no more than twelve ultimate parent entities of groups within the scope of that Directive are located, to elect not to apply the IIR and UTPR for a limited period of time. In such cases, a Member State, if it is not a QDTT-only Member State, should only start applying the rules on exchange of Top-up tax information returns (i.e. receive and send the information) when the election period under Directive (EU) 2022/2523 ends. |
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In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive and in particular, for the automatic exchange of information between competent authorities, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to adopt the necessary practical arrangements, as part of the procedure for establishing the standard computerised form. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6). |
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The receiving competent authority should notify the sending competent authority when there is reason to believe that the information included in a Top-up tax information return, being subject of the exchange, requires correction. Since such notification normally takes place before a more thorough risk assessment or tax examination, the sending competent authority should be notified only of manifest errors identified. The corrected information should be exchanged without undue delay with all competent authorities for which that information is subject to exchange in accordance with this Directive. This procedure does not preclude tax administrations from requesting necessary corrections in follow-up requests to verify compliance with Directive (EU) 2022/2523 under their national law. |
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If a competent authority does not receive an exchange that was expected pursuant to a notification from an MNE group, it should notify the competent authority that was expected to send the information of the missing exchange. The competent authority that was expected to send the information should without undue delay determine the reason for not exchanging the relevant information and inform the competent authority that notified the missing exchange of that reason within 1 month, indicating, where relevant, the expected new date for the exchange. In order to ensure the effective operation of Directive 2011/16/EU, it is understood that the exchange should take place as soon as possible to avoid causing additional delays for Member States. The expected exchange date should be set for a date no later than 3 months from the date of the receipt of notification of the missing exchange. |
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If the Top-up tax information return has not been filed centrally by the ultimate parent entity or the designated filing entity of an MNE group and the information is not received by the new expected date for exchange, it is understood that the competent authority that notified the missing exchange may require local filing since the conditions for central filing under Directive (EU) 2022/2523 have not been fulfilled. |
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Directive 2011/16/EU, including Annex VII thereto, as amended by this Directive, should be read together with Directive (EU) 2022/2523. The terms set out for the purposes of exchange of information with respect to the Top-up tax information return under this Directive should have the same meaning as those in Directive (EU) 2022/2523. Furthermore, this Directive contains additional definitions that are necessary to reflect international developments made in the context of the exchange of information in the field of taxation. |
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In implementing this Directive, Member States should use the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of GloBE Information and its commentary, the OECD Model Rules and the explanations and examples in the Commentary to the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar Two) released by the OECD/G20 IF on BEPS, as well as the GloBE Implementation Framework, and any updates thereto, as a source of illustration or interpretation in order to ensure consistency in application across Member States to the extent that those sources are consistent with this Directive, Directive (EU) 2022/2523 and Union law. Consequently, the OECD/G20 IF on BEPS instructions for the filing of the standard template, such as the introduction and explanatory guidance to the GIR, including the basis for information reported in the GIR and transitional simplified jurisdictional reporting framework (for fiscal years beginning on or before 31 December 2028, but not including a fiscal year that ends after 30 June 2030), should, to the extent that those sources are consistent with this Directive and Union law, be used as a source of illustration and interpretation for the MNE groups to file the Top-up tax information return in order to ensure consistency of application. It is therefore appropriate to supplement Directive 2011/16/EU with an additional annex that contains a standard template, in line with the standard template developed by the OECD/G20 IF on BEPS, for the filing of the Top-up tax information return under Directive (EU) 2022/2523, as provided for by this Directive. |
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The standard template for the Top-up tax information return set out in this Directive ensures that the information and tax calculations that an MNE group is required to file under the Top-up tax information return are sufficiently comprehensive to allow tax administrations to perform an appropriate risk assessment and to evaluate the correctness of a constituent entity’s tax liability under Directive (EU) 2022/2523. At the same time, it is sought to avoid imposing unnecessary information collection, computation and reporting requirements on MNE groups and to avoid exposing taxpayers to multiple, uncoordinated requests for further information in each implementing jurisdiction. A standardised Top-up tax information return does not affect the ability of a tax administration to require a routine domestic tax return or to collect information for the purposes of the preparation of the domestic top-up tax return, therefore Member States, in some cases, should be able to require additional data points to be reported beyond the Top-up tax information return for purposes of the preparation of the tax return (for example, to convert the top-up tax liability into the domestic currency). However, the Member States should generally refrain from requiring the reporting of additional data points beyond the Top-up tax information return as part of their routine domestic tax return and payment requirements and any such information should relate, for example, to liability, timing and method of payment or identification of the taxpayer and contact details, rather than the calculation of a constituent entity’s top-up tax liability. This Directive does not apply to domestic tax audit procedures and does not preclude tax administrations from requesting necessary supporting information in follow-up requests to verify compliance with provisions transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2523 under their national law. |
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To ensure the exchange of information regarding joint ventures and equal treatment, in rare cases where a parent entity of a large-scale domestic group holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in a joint venture or joint venture affiliate and that joint venture or joint venture affiliate is subject to a QDTT in another Member State, Member States should require that such a large-scale domestic group use the same standard template as an MNE group, i.e. standard template for the Top-up tax information return set out in this Directive, when filing their Top-up tax information return. Consequently, Member States should ensure that the provisions on exchange of information are applied in such cases. |
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Furthermore, recognising the need to provide a complete legal framework, so that it covers the amendments introduced into Directive 2011/16/EU by Council Directive (EU) 2023/2226 (7) as regards the mandatory automatic exchange of information on financial accounts, it is essential to amend Article 8(3a) of Directive 2011/16/EU accordingly. The scope of information to be exchanged should take into account the transitional measures set out in Section XI of Annex I to Directive 2011/16/EU. |
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Since the objective of this Directive, namely to provide the framework for the operational implementation of the filing obligations laid down in Directive (EU) 2022/2523 on the basis of the common approach contained in the OECD Model Rules and to ensure that respective information on financial accounts is subject to a mandatory automatic exchange, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, because independent action by Member States would risk fragmenting the internal market, but can rather, given the scale of the global minimum tax reform and the critical importance of adopting solutions that function for the internal market as a whole, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. |
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Given that Member States need to act within a very short period of time to begin transposition of rules on the Top-up tax information return, this Directive should enter into force as a matter of urgency. |
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Directive 2011/16/EU should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Amendments to Directive 2011/16/EU
Directive 2011/16/EU is amended as follows:
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in Article 3, point (9) is amended as follows:
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Article 8(3a) is replaced by the following: ‘3a. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to require its Reporting Financial Institutions to perform the reporting and due diligence rules included in Annexes I and II and to ensure effective implementation of, and compliance with, such rules in accordance with Section IX of Annex I. Pursuant to the applicable reporting and due diligence rules contained in Annexes I and II, the competent authority of each Member State shall, by automatic exchange, communicate within the deadline laid down in point (b) of paragraph 6 to the competent authority of any other Member State, the following information regarding taxable periods as from 1 January 2016 concerning a Reportable Account:
For the purposes of the exchange of information under this paragraph, unless otherwise provided for in this paragraph or in Annex I or II, the amount and characterisation of payments made with respect to a Reportable Account shall be determined in accordance with the national legislation of the Member State which communicates the information. The first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph shall prevail over point (c) of paragraph 1 or any other Union legal instrument, to the extent that the exchange of information at issue would fall within the scope of point (c) of paragraph 1 or of any other Union legal instrument. The competent authority of each Member State shall communicate the information referred to in points (h) to (k) of the second subparagraph regarding taxable periods as from 1 January 2026.’ |
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the following article is inserted: ‘Article 8ae Filing format and exchange of information with respect to Top-up tax information returns under Article 44 of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 1. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to require the filing constituent entity of an MNE group to use the standard template set out in Section IV of Annex VII to this Directive to fulfil the filing obligations under Article 44 of Directive (EU) 2022/2523. 2. The competent authority of a Member State which has received the Top-up tax information return filed by the ultimate parent entity or designated filing entity, as referred to in Article 44(3), points (a) and (b), of Directive (EU) 2022/2523, shall communicate, by means of automatic exchange and in accordance with the following dissemination approach, the following:
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, point (c), UTPR jurisdictions with a UTPR percentage of zero shall only be provided with the portion of the Top-up tax information return that contains information on the attribution of Top-up tax under the UTPR in respect of that jurisdiction, such information being consistent with an excerpt of Section 3.4.3 of the Top-up tax information return, and the Implementing Member State in which the ultimate parent entity is located shall be provided with all Jurisdictional sections. 3. The competent authority of a Member State shall communicate the Top-up tax information return received pursuant to paragraph 2 and that communication shall take place no later than 3 months after the filing deadline for the Reporting fiscal year. 4. The competent authority of a Member State shall communicate the Top-up tax information return received after the filing deadline, and that communication shall take place no later than 3 months after the date on which it is received. 5. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, the necessary practical arrangements to facilitate the communication as referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2). 6. The Commission shall not have access to the information referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) to (c). 7. The communication of information, as referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article, shall take place using the standard computerised format referred to in Article 20(4).’ |
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Article 8b is replaced by the following: ‘Article 8b Statistics on automatic exchanges Member States shall provide the Commission on an annual basis with statistics on the volume of automatic exchanges under Articles 8(1), 8(3a), 8aa, 8ac and 8ae and with information on the administrative and other relevant costs and benefits relating to exchanges that have taken place and any potential changes, for both tax administrations and third parties.’ |
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the following article is inserted: ‘Article 9a Collaboration on corrections, compliance and enforcement with respect to Top-up tax information returns 1. Where the competent authority of a Member State has reason to believe that the information in a Top-up tax information return filed by an ultimate parent entity or designated filing entity that is located in the jurisdiction of the other Member State, communicated under Article 8ae, requires the correction of manifest errors, it shall, without undue delay, notify the competent authority of the other Member State. If the notified competent authority agrees that the information in the Top-up tax information return requires correction, it shall take, without undue delay, appropriate measures to obtain a corrected Top-up tax information return from the concerned ultimate parent entity or designated filing entity. It shall communicate, without undue delay, the corrected Top-up tax information return with all competent authorities for which such information is subject to exchange in accordance with this Directive. 2. When the competent authority of a Member State has received a notification from one or more constituent entities located in its Member State that the Top-up tax information return for such constituent entities was to be filed by the ultimate parent entity or designated filing entity located in another Member State, but the information included in the Top-up tax information return was not communicated within the deadlines specified in Article 8ae(3) or Article 27d(3) and (4), it shall, without undue delay, notify the other competent authority that the information has not been received. The notified competent authority shall, without undue delay, determine the reason for not communicating the concerned Top-up tax information return and shall inform the competent authority within 1 month of receipt of the notification, including the expected exchange date for the Top-up tax information return, where relevant. The expected exchange date shall be set for a date no later than 3 months from the date of the receipt of notification of the missing exchange.’ |
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in Article 18, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The competent authority of each Member State shall put in place an effective mechanism to ensure the use of information acquired through the reporting or the exchange of information under Articles 8 to 8ae.’ |
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in Article 20, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The automatic exchange of information pursuant to Articles 8, 8ac and 8ae shall be carried out using a standard computerised format aimed at facilitating such automatic exchange, adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).’ |
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in Article 22, paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: ‘3. Member States shall retain the records of the information received through the automatic exchange of information pursuant to Articles 8 to 8ae for no longer than necessary but in any event not less than five years from its date of receipt to achieve the purposes of this Directive. 4. Member States shall endeavour to ensure that a reporting entity is allowed to obtain confirmation by electronic means of the validity of the information on the TIN of any taxpayer subject to the exchange of information under Articles 8 to 8ae. The confirmation of the information on the TIN may be requested only for the purposes of validation of the correctness of data referred to in Articles 8(1), 8(3a), 8a(6), 8aa(3), 8ab(14), 8ac(2), 8ad(3) and 8ae(2).’ |
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Article 25a is replaced by the following: ‘Article 25a Penalties Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and concerning Articles 8aa to 8ae and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.’ |
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the following article is inserted: ‘Article 27d The first Reporting fiscal year and communication of the information under Article 8ae for the first time 1. The first Reporting fiscal year for which the information is to be communicated under Article 8ae is the first fiscal year beginning from 31 December 2023. 2. For the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523, the first Reporting fiscal year for which the information is to be communicated under Article 8ae shall be the first fiscal year following the end of such election. Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of this paragraph, for the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 and have elected to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax pursuant to Article 11(1) of that Directive, the first Reporting fiscal year for which the information is to be communicated under Article 8ae shall be the first fiscal year during which the qualified domestic top-up tax applies. 3. The competent authority of the Member State shall communicate the information under Article 8ae with respect to the first Reporting fiscal year no later than 6 months after the filing deadline. 4. In any case, Member States shall communicate the information under Article 8ae for the first time no earlier than 1 December 2026.’ |
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the text set out in the Annex to this Directive is added as Annex VII. |
Article 2
Transposition
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2025, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.
They shall apply those measures from 1 January 2026.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this Article, the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 1, point (1) and points (3) to (11), of this Directive by the day before the end of such election.
They shall apply those measures from the day after the day such election ends.
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 and have elected to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax pursuant to Article 11(1) of that Directive shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the day before the first Reporting fiscal year under the election to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax starts. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.
They shall apply those measures from the beginning of the first Reporting fiscal year under the election to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax.
When the first Reporting fiscal year referred to in the third subparagraph of this paragraph begins before or on the day this Directive enters into force, the Member States that have elected not to apply the IIR and the UTPR pursuant to Article 50(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 and have elected to apply a qualified domestic top-up tax pursuant to Article 11(1) of that Directive shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2025, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.
They shall apply those measures from 1 January 2026.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2027, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 1, point (8), of this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.
They shall apply those measures from 1 January 2028.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
4. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 14 April 2025.
For the Council
The President
K. KALLAS
(1) Opinion of 12 February 2025 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) Opinion of 26 February 2025 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(3) Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523 of 15 December 2022 on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups in the Union (OJ L 328, 22.12.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2523/oj).
(4) Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Directive 77/799/EEC (OJ L 64, 11.3.2011, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/16/oj).
(5) OECD (2021), Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation of the Economy – Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (Pillar Two): Inclusive Framework on BEPS, OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/782bac33-en.
(6) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/182/oj).
(7) Council Directive (EU) 2023/2226 of 17 October 2023 amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (OJ L, 2023/2226, 24.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/2226/oj).
ANNEX
‘ANNEX VII
Filing rules and standard template for Top-up tax information return
SECTION I
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions apply:
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“Implementing Member State” means a Member State that has implemented either a qualified income inclusion rule (IIR) or a qualified undertaxed profit rule (UTPR), as defined in Article 3, points (18) and (43), respectively, of Directive (EU) 2022/2523, or both, for the given Reporting fiscal year; |
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“Qualified domestic top-up tax (QDTT)-only Member State” means a Member State that has only implemented a qualified domestic top-up tax, as defined in Article 3, point (28), of Directive (EU) 2022/2523 for the given Reporting fiscal year; |
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“Top-up tax information return” means the information return filed by an ultimate parent entity, designated filing entity, designated local entity or constituent entity for which a standard template is set out in Section IV of this Annex; |
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“General section” means the section of the Top-up tax information return that contains general information on the MNE group as a whole, including its corporate structure and a high-level summary of the application of Directive (EU) 2022/2523, such section being consistent with Section 1 of the standard template for the Top-up tax information return; |
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“Jurisdictional sections” means the sections of the Top-up tax information return that contain information on the detailed application of the qualified IIR, qualified UTPR and qualified domestic top-up tax in respect of each jurisdiction where the MNE group is operating, such sections being consistent with Sections 2 and 3 of the standard template for the Top-up tax information return; |
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“Reporting fiscal year” means the fiscal year to which the Top-up tax information return relates. |
SECTION II
FILING REQUIREMENTS
The constituent entity filing the Top-up tax information return shall identify the relevant sections and the relevant Member States that the information shall be distributed to pursuant to the dissemination approach set out in Article 8ae.
SECTION III
FILING FORMAT AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FOR LARGE-SCALE DOMESTIC GROUPS WITH JOINT VENTURES
When a parent entity of a large-scale domestic group holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in a joint venture or joint venture affiliate that is subject to a qualified domestic top-up tax in a Member State other than the Member State where the large-scale domestic group is located, such large-scale domestic group shall use the standard template for the Top-up tax information return set out in Section IV of this Annex.
In cases covered by the first subparagraph, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that Article 8ae(2) and Article 9a apply.
SECTION IV
DATA POINTS
1. MNE group information
1.1. Identification of the filing constituent entity
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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/872/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)