Projet

WHEREAS Article 10 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss

Confederation providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council

Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"), in the form prior to its amendment by this Amending Protocol, which currently provides for exchange of information upon request limited to conduct constituting tax fraud and the like should be aligned to the OECD standard on transparency and exchange of information in tax matters,

WHEREAS the Contracting Parties will apply their respective data protection laws and practices to the processing of personal data exchanged in accordance with the Agreement as amended by this Amending Protocol and undertake to notify each other without undue delay in the event of any change in the substance of those laws and practices,

WHEREAS the Member States and Switzerland have in place (i) appropriate safeguards to ensure that the information received pursuant to the Agreement as amended by this Amending Protocol remains confidential and is used solely for the purposes of and by the persons or authorities concerned with the assessment or collection or recovery of, the enforcement or prosecution in respect of, or the determination of appeals in relation to, taxes, or the oversight of these, as well as for other authorised purposes, and (ii) the infrastructure for an effective exchange relationship (including established processes for ensuring timely, accurate, secure and confidential information exchanges, effective and reliable communications, and capabilities to promptly resolve questions and concerns about exchanges or requests for exchanges and to administer the provisions of Article 4 of the Agreement as amended by this Amending Protocol),

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