European Union Bilateral Tax Treaties Matrix
 
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Dividends Austria Belgium  Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg  Netherlands Portugal  Spain Sweden United Kingdom 
Austria   15 10 10 15 5-15 nsp 10-15 15 5-15 5-15 15 10-15 5-10 5-15
Belgium 15   15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10-15 15 15 15 15 10
Denmark 10 15   0 0 10 0 0 15 5-15 0 ntt 10 0 0
Finland 10 15 0   0 10-15 13 15 10-15 5-15 15 10-15 10-15 15 0
France 15 15 0 0   15 25 10-15 5-15 5-15-25 5-15 15 10-15 15 5-15
Germany 5-15 15 10 10-15 15   25 15 10-15 10-15 10 15 10-15 10-15 5-15
Greece nsp 15 0 13 25 25   nsp 15 7.5 5-10-15 ntt ntt 0 0
Ireland 10-15 15 0 15 10-15 15 nsp   15 5-15 5-10-15 15 15 10-15 0
Italy 15 15 15 10-15 5-15 10-15 15 15   5-15 5-10-15 15 15 10-15 5-15
Luxembourg 5-15 10-15 5-15 5-15 5-15-25 10-15 7.5 5-15 5-15   2.5-10 ntt 5-15 5-15 5-15
Netherlands 5-15 15 0 15 5-15 10 5-10-15 5-10-15 5-10-15 2.5-10   ntt 5-10-15 15 5
Portugal 15 15 ntt 10-15 15 15 ntt 15 15 ntt ntt   15 ntt 15
Spain 10-15 15 10 10-15 10-15 10-15 ntt 15 15 5-15 5-10-15 15   10-15 10-15
Sweden 5-10 15 0 15 15 10-15 0 10-15 10-15 5-15 15 ntt 10-15   5
United Kingdom 5-15 10 0 0 5-15 5-15 0 0 5-15 5-15 5 15 10-15 5  
  1. The above tax treaties matrix must be considered under the light of the Parent Subsidiary Directive that regulates the intra-community flow of dividends. In particular the Parent Subsidiary directive requires Member States: 1 - to refrain,subject to limited exceptions, from imposing witholding taxes on distributions of profits made by subsidiary companies to their parent companies (defined as companies possessing a 25 per cent equity holding or share of the voting rights) in the other Member State; and 2 - to grant parent companies double tax relief in respet of such income by the exemption or credit method. Member States chosing the credit method are obliged to grant relief for the underlying company tax on the profits out of which the distribution is made and for any whitholding taxes that are exceptionally still permitted by the directive. The scope of the directive is limited to profit distributions between associated companies, and does not extend to payments to individual shareholders or companies holding share as portfolio investment.

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