On March 12, 2019 the Council adopted a revised EU “black list” of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. In addition to the five jurisdictions that were already listed, the revised list now includes ten additional jurisdictions that did not deliver on their commitments on time: Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominica, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu. 

The Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EU (ECOFIN) did not reach agreement on the digital advertising tax (DAT) during the March 12, 2019 meeting. Member States’ representatives held an exchange of views on a watered-down version of the Commission’s digital services tax (DST) proposal, but failed to reach consensus on a compromise text tabled by the Romanian Presidency of the EU.