CORPORATE TAXATION AND THE EUROPEAN COMPANY STATUTE

& Case. The Task Force met twice over a concentrated period of time in the summer and autumn of 2007. Participants in this CEPS Task Force included senior executives from a broad range of industry and financial services, representatives from business associations, academia and the European institutions. A full list of members and invited guests and speakers appears in the annex. CEPS gratefully acknowledges financial support for the Task Force from BP. The report greatly benefited from the contribution of Vieri Ceriani, Senior Manager, Banca d’Italia. The members of the Task Force engaged in extensive debates in the course of these meetings and submitted comments on earlier drafts of this report. Its contents contain the general tone and direction of the discussion, but its recommendations do not necessarily reflect a full common position agreed among all members of the Task Force, nor do they necessarily represent the views of the institutions to which th