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German Bundestag Approves Act for the Application of the BEPS MLI to Tax Treaties with Nine Countries

23 May 2024

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Treaty Development

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Germany-Croatia-Czech Republic-France-Greece-Hungary-Japan-Malta-Slovak Republic-Spain

On 16 May 2024, the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) approved the Act on the Application of the Multilateral Agreement of 24 November 2016 and Other Measures. The Act provides for the preparation of the notification on the application of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) to Germany's covered agreements (tax treaties). This is needed because Germany has taken the reservation that for the MLI to become effective, Germany must first deposit a notification that it has completed its internal procedures for the entry into effect of the...