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Council Directive 2011/16/EUShow full title
Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Directive 77/799/EEC
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Article 20U.K.Standard forms and computerised formats
1.Requests for information and for administrative enquiries pursuant to Article 5 and their replies, acknowledgements, requests for additional background information, inability or refusal pursuant to Article 7 shall, as far as possible, be sent using a standard form adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).
The standard forms may be accompanied by reports, statements and any other documents, or certified true copies or extracts thereof.
2.The standard form referred to in paragraph 1 shall include at least the following information to be provided by the requesting authority:
(a)the identity of the person under examination or investigation;
(b)the tax purpose for which the information is sought.
The requesting authority may, to the extent known and in line with international developments, provide the name and address of any person believed to be in possession of the requested information as well as any element that may facilitate the collection of information by the requested authority.
3.Spontaneous information and its acknowledgement pursuant to Articles 9 and 10 respectively, requests for administrative notifications pursuant to Article 13 and feedback information pursuant to Article 14 shall be sent using the standard form adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).
4.The automatic exchange of information pursuant to Article 8 shall be sent using a standard computerised format aimed at facilitating such automatic exchange and based on the existing computerised format pursuant to Article 9 of Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments(1), to be used for all types of automatic exchange of information, adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 26(2).
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