EN Official Journal of the European Union L 330/12

AGREEMENT

between the European Union and the French Republic concerning the application to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy of Union legislation on the taxation of savings and administrative cooperation in the field of taxation

THE EUROPEAN UNION,

and

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, on behalf of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy,

together referred to as ‘the Parties’,

Whereas:

(1) The collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy is an integral part of the French Republic but, in accordance with European Council Decision 2010/718/EU, (1) it is no longer part of the European Union from 1 January 2012.

(2) In order to continue to protect the interests of the Union, and in particular, to combat fraud and cross-border tax evasion, it is necessary to ensure that Union legislation on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments continues to apply to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy. It is equally necessary to ensure that any acts amending this legislation will also apply to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Application of Council Directives 2011/16/EU and 2003/48/EC and related acts

1. The French Republic and the other Member States shall apply Council Directive 2011/16/EU (2) to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, as well as any measures they have adopted to implement that Directive.

2. The French Republic and the other Member States shall apply Council Directive 2003/48/EC (3) to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, as well as any measures they have adopted to implement that Directive.

3. The French Republic and the other Member States shall apply to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy any applicable legal acts of the Union adopted on the basis of the Directives referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.

4. The Parties declare that the European Commission has, with respect to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, the same tasks as those provided for in Council Directives 2011/16/EU and 2003/48/EC and by any other related legal acts adopted by the Council with a view to facilitating administrative cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States.

Article 2

Applicable versions of Union legal acts referred to in this Agreement

Any reference in this Agreement to Directives 2011/16/EU and 2003/48/EC, and to other legal acts of the Union referred to in Article 1(3) and (4) of this Agreement, shall be understood as a reference to the version of those Directives and related acts and instruments in force at any given time, amended where appropriate by any subsequent amending acts.

Article 3

Competent authorities, central liaison offices, liaison departments and competent officials

The Parties declare that the competent authorities designated under Directive 2003/48/EC and the competent authorities, central liaison offices, liaison departments and competent officials designated under Directive 2011/16/EU by Member States, shall be invested with the same functions and powers for the purpose of implementing those Directives with respect to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, in accordance with Article 1 of this Agreement.

Article 4

Monitoring

The French Republic shall submit statistics and information to the European Commission concerning the application of this Agreement to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy. This data shall have the same scope, and be reported in the same manner and within the same time limits, as the information that must be provided on the functioning of Directives 2011/16/EU and 2003/48/EC with respect to the French territories to which those Directives apply.

Article 5

Mutual agreement procedure between the competent authorities

1. Where implementation or interpretation of this Agreement leads to problems or raises issues between the competent authority for the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy and one or more competent authorities of the Member States, they shall endeavour to resolve the matter by mutual agreement. They shall inform the European Commission of the results of this conciliation procedure, after which the Commission shall inform the other Member States.

2. Where there are issues of interpretation, the European Commission may take part in consultations at the request of any of the competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 6

Settlement of disputes between Parties to this Agreement

1. In the event of a dispute between the Parties on the interpretation or application of this Agreement, the Parties shall meet before any referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union in accordance with paragraph 2.

2. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall have exclusive jurisdiction for settling disputes between the Parties about the application or interpretation of this Agreement. Referral may be made by any of the Parties.

Article 7

Entry into force

A Party shall notify the other Party of the completion of the procedures required for the entry into force of this Agreement. This Agreement shall take effect on the day following that of receipt of the second notification.

Article 8

Duration and termination

This Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period, subject to termination by one of the Parties after written notice to the other Party through diplomatic channels. This Agreement shall expire 12 months after the receipt of such notice.

Article 9

Languages

This Agreement is done in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic.

Съставено в Брюксел на седемнадесети февруари две хиляди и четиринадесета година. Hecho en Bruselas, el diecisiete de febrero de dos mil catorce. V Bruselu dne sedmnáctého února dva tisíce čtrnáct. Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den syttende februar to tusind og fjorten. Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebzehnten Februar zweitausendvierzehn. Kahe tuhande neljateistkümnenda aasta veebruarikuu seitsmeteistkümnendal päeval Brüsselis. Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δέκα εφτά Φεβρουαρίου δύο χιλιάδες δεκατέσσερα. Done at Brussels on the seventeenth day of February in the year two thousand and fourteen. Fait à Bruxelles, le dix-sept février deux mille quatorze. Sastavljeno u Bruxellesu sedamnaestog veljače dvije tisuće četrnaeste. Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciassette febbraio duemilaquattordici. Briselē, divi tūkstoši četrpadsmitā gada septiņpadsmitajā februārī. Priimta du tūkstančiai keturioliktų metų vasario septynioliktą dieną Briuselyje. Kelt Brüsszelben, a kétezer-tizennegyedik év február havának tizenhetedik napján. Magħmul fi Brussell, fis-sbatax-il jum ta' Frar tas-sena elfejn u erbatax. Gedaan te Brussel, de zeventiende februari tweeduizend veertien. Sporządzono w Brukseli dnia siedemnastego lutego roku dwa tysiące czternastego. Feito em Bruxelas, em dezassete de fevereiro de dois mil e catorze. Întocmit la Bruxelles la șaptesprezece februarie două mii paisprezece. V Bruseli sedemnásteho februára dvetisícštrnásť. V Bruslju, dne sedemnajstega februarja leta dva tisoč štirinajst. Tehty Brysselissä seitsemäntenätoista päivänä helmikuuta vuonna kaksituhattaneljätoista. Som skedde i Bryssel den sjuttonde februari tjugohundrafjorton. За Европейския съюз Рог la Unión Europea Za Evropskou unii For Den Europæiske Union Für die Europäische Union Euroopa Liidu nimel Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση For the European Union Pour l'Union européenne Za Europsku uniju Per l'Unione europea Eiropas Savienības vārdā – Europos Sąjungos vardu Az Európai Unió részéről Għall-Unjoni Ewropea Voor de Europese Unie W imieniu Unii Europejskiej Pela União Europeia Pentru Uniunea Europeană Za Európsku úniu Za Evropsko unijo Euroopan unionin puolesta För Europeiska unionen За Френската република Por la República Francesa Za Francouzskou republiku For Den Franske Republik Für die Französische Republik Prantsuse Vabariigi nimel Για τη Γαλλική Δημοκρατία For the French Republic Pour la République française Za Francusku Republiku Per la Repubblica francese Francijas Republikas vārdā – Prancūzijos Respublikos vardu A Francia Köztársaság részéről Għar-Repubblika Franċiża Voor de Franse Republiek W imieniu Republiki Francuskiej Pela República Francesa Pentru Republica Franceză Za Francúzsku republiku Za Francosko republiko Ranskan tasavallan puolesta För Republiken Frankrike

(1) European Council Decision 2010/718/EU of 29 October 2010 amending the status of the island of Saint-Barthélemy with regard to the European Union (OJ L 325, 9.12.2010, p. 4).

(2) 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).

(3) Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (OJ L 157, 26.6.2003, p. 38).