Table des matières
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I. Introductory considerations
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1. Overview and Impact of the CJEU’s findings in the Danish Cases
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2. The Swiss-EU Agreement providing equivalent benefits to the PSD and IRD
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3. The Federal Supreme Court Judgment 2C_354/2018 of 20 April 2020
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3.1. Facts the of the case
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3.2. Findings of the Federal Administrative Court
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3.3. Findings of the Federal Supreme Court
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II. On the relevance of the principle of common interpretation
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1. In General
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2. The EU Principle of Abuse of Rights and the PPT in DTCs
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III. On the relevance of the beneficial ownership under the Swiss-EU Agreement
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1. Implicit nature and meaning of the beneficial ownership limitation in the Agreement?
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2. Consequences of a lack of the beneficial ownership at the intermediary entity level
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2.1. Switzerland-EU relations (Swiss-EU Agreement)
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2.2. Switzerland-third States relations (DTCs)
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IV. On the reservation in favour of «domestic or agreement-based provisions for the prevention of fraud or abuse»
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1. Scope of the reservation
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2. Nature of the reservation
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3. The reservation and re-characterization in case of abuse
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3.1. The re-characterization of facts under Swiss law applies
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3.2. The Halifax principle still stands after the Danish cases
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3.3. Excursus under tax treaty law: the case of art. 7(4) MLI
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V. Conclusion