31.1.2018

Official Journal of the European Union

C 35/161

P8_TA(2016)0053

EU-San Marino agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information*

European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 February 2016 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2015)0518 — C8-0370/2015 — 2015/0244(NLE))

(Consultation)

(2018/C 035/38)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2015)0518),

—	having regard to the draft Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of San Marino providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (13448/2015),

—	having regard to Article 115 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (b), and paragraph (8), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8-0370/2015),

—	having regard to Rules 59, 108(7) and 50(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0025/2016),

Approves conclusion of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of San Marino.