SECRET ACCOUNTS
December 1st, 2001
BY ALAN OSBORNBRITAIN and the Netherlands have been authorised by the EU council of finance ministers to begin negotiations with associated territories - in the UK's case the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Caribbean dependent territories - for the elimination of secret savings accounts.The European Commission is also to negotiate with key non-EU countries - the US, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Andorra and San Marino - "to ensure the adoption of equivalent measures."The Commission had proposed that all EU member countries abolish secret savings ...
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