French Tax Update: Draft Finance Bill for 2016, New France/Germany Double Tax Treaty, and ECJ Steria Decision

This French Tax Update will focus on (i) the main provisions of the draft Finance Bill for 2016 (Projet de loi de finance pour 2016) issued by the French Government on September 30, 2015 and to be discussed before the French Parliament between October and December ("Draft Finance Bill for 2016"), (ii) the amendment signed in March 2015 in respect of the France/Germany double tax treaty, and (iii) the decision issued in early September by the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") in the Steria case.

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