site.btaEuropean Commission Extends Three Infringement Procedures Against Bulgaria

The European Commission announced Thursday that it was extending three infringement procedures against Bulgaria by sending formal letters of notification. The cases relate to motor insurance, transport of dangerous goods and corporate tax reporting.

Dangerous goods: updated rules on carriage of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterways

Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/2407 updates the EU rules governing the inland carriage of dangerous goods, applicable both to international and national transport operations performed in the EU. The updates bring the rules in line with scientific and technological developments. The Directive harmonises the EU acquis with the latest amendments to international agreements and regulations governing the carriage of dangerous goods. The Commission is today sending a letter of formal notice to nine Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Cyprus, Hungary, Austria, Portugal, Finland and Sweden) since they have not communicated national measures fully transposing the Directive by the deadline of 30 June 2023.

Disclosure of tax information: public country-by-country reporting on the amount of corporate taxes

Directive (EU) 2021/2101 requires all multinational companies active in the EU's single market with a permanent presence in the Union and that have revenues above EUR 750 million to publish a report on the amount of corporate taxes they pay in each Member State and in non-cooperative jurisdictions. These reports also include additional information such as the number of employees or turnover per country. The Commission is sending today a letter of formal notice to 17 Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia Finland) for failure to notify national measures fully transposing the Directive by the deadline of 22 June 2023.

Motor Insurance Directive: protection of injured parties in case of insolvency of insurer

Directive 2009/103/EC on motor insurance, as amended by Directive (EU) 2021/2118, sets up a mechanism to compensate victims of road traffic accidents in case of insolvency of the responsible insurer. To that end, the Member States are to appoint compensation bodies that will deal with claims stemming from these accidents. For cross-border cases, the Directive envisages that these compensation bodies conclude an agreement on the settlement arrangements among themselves by 23 December 2023. The Member States were to appoint these bodies by 23 June 2023, or at least communicate to the Commission entities that would negotiate this agreement for the time being. The Commission is sending letters of formal notice to 16 Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia) for failure to notify the Commission of the complete transposition of these articles by the deadline of 22 June 2023.