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10 May 2002
Dear Colleague,
European Branch Conference — Amsterdam, Friday, 14 June 2002
at The International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation,
H J E Wenckebachweg 210, Amsterdam
Part I:
Part II:
Part III:
The New Substantial Shareholder Relief in the UK - A European Comparison
Tax Incentive Regimes in Europe - What is the Future
Planning for Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Structuring in Europe
I am writing to invite you to the above event, to be held once again in association with The International
Bureau of Fiscal Documentation.
Attached is an outline of the programme for the day, which will consider three major tax topics of current
interest: the new substantial shareholder relief in the UK - a European comparison, tax incentive regimes in
Europe - what is the Future and planning for mergers and acquisitions and corporate structuring in Europe.
Our speakers are drawn from the tax profession in the Netherlands and London and also include Peter
Schonewille from the European Commission.
The cost of each place is £150 (or euro equivalent) and includes refreshments, buffet lunch and conference
documentation. Following cocktails, a post-conference dinner will be held at a nearby restaurant at an
inclusive cost of £50 per person. I hope you will join us.
Places at this event are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment. A booking form is attached,
which you should post, fax or e-mail to Linda Mullen in the Secretary-General’s office at the Institute. Full
remittance details appear on the form.
A map of the conference venue is also attached. Please retain these papers as no further
documentation, other than a receipt for your payment, should you require one (please indicate this
on the booking form), will be sent prior to the event.
I look forward to seeing you on what promises to be a very stimulating day.
Yours sincerely,
Deborah J Hicks
Secretary, European Branch
P.S. European Branch meetings are open to everyone interested in international tax so if you have colleagues
or contacts who may also like to attend, please pass a copy of this letter to them.
The Chartered Institute of Taxation is the leading body in the United Kingdom concerned solely
with taxation. The European Branch has been established to provide a forum for discussion of
European and international tax issues for all tax practitioners, whether or not they are members of
the Chartered Institute.

THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TAXATION - EUROPEAN BRANCH
in association with
THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF FISCAL DOCUMENTATION
10.15 Registration & coffee
CONFERENCE
FRIDAY, 14 JUNE 2002
The International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation
H J E Wenckebachweg 210
Amsterdam
PROGRAMME
10.35 Welcome from the IBFD: Professor Wim Wijnen - Director of Research, IBFD
10.40 Chairman’s introduction: Stephen Arthur - Chairman, European Branch
THE NEW SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER RELIEF IN THE UK - A EUROPEAN
COMPARISON
10.45 How the UK’s new capital gains exemption for substantial shareholdings will operate:
Trevor Evans - Deputy Director, Inland Revenue, Capital and Savings
11.30 Holding company regimes - a European comparison: Pim Smit - KPMG Meijburg and Co,
Netherlands
12.15 Questions and discussion
12.30 Lunch
TAX INCENTIVE REGIMES IN EUROPE - WHAT IS THE FUTURE
14.00 The EC challenges to harmful tax competition
Favourable tax regimes in the Netherlands - How will they change - Theo Keijzen - Head of Tax
Policy, Shell International
14.45 Questions and discussion
15.00 Pensions and taxes in the European internal market - Peter Schonewille - European Commission
15.45 Questions and discussion
16.00 Coffee & tea
PLANNING FOR MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE
STRUCTURING IN EUROPE
16.30 The impact of mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring on transfer pricing strategy:
Paul Morton - Head of Tax, Downstream Business, Royal Dutch/Shell Group
17.15 Structuring mergers and acquisitions in Europe - planning opportunities in the Netherlands and other
European financial centres: Oscar Kinders - Tax Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Netherlands
18.00 Questions and discussion
18.15 Cocktails
19.00 Dinner
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SPEAKERS
THEO J KEIJZER is Head of Tax Policy at Shell International. He is Chairman of the International Tax Committee of
VNO-NCW and member of the Unice Fiscal Affairs Group. He regularly contributes to EU tax developments.
PETER SCHONEWILLE is Administrator at the Direct Taxation Unit of DG Taxud at the European Commission. He
worked on the Communication on the elimination of tax obstacles to the cross-border provision of occupational
pensions. He joined the Commission in 1993 and has also worked in DG Competition and DG Markt. He started his
career as a local tax inspector and dealt with international taxation at the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands. Peter
holds Master degrees in Taxation, Economics and Public Finance, Business Administration and Law. He is also a
member of the Dutch Institute for Public Accountants.
TREVOR EVANS is a Deputy Director within the UK Inland Revenue’s Capital and Savings subject area responsible for
the provision of policy advice on Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax (the UK’s estate duty). Trevor joined the Inland
Revenue in 1973 and apart from a 15 month period in 1985/86 when he was with a firm of chartered accountants (as a
senior manager/partner) he has spent his career within the Revenue. He has been in charge of a number of local offices,
including responsibility for the tax affairs of a large clearing bank. For the last 12 years, Trevor has worked on policy,
having had responsibility for banks, financial markets etc and more recently CGT and IHT.
PIM SMIT very recently joned KPMG Meijburg & Co based in Amstelveen, The Netherlands. Previously he was a tax
partner of Andersen Rotterdam and before that Director of the Western-European Team at the IBFD in Amsterdam. Pim
is a tax adviser and frequent lecturer in international tax law and serves a wide range of multi-national clients. He holds
degrees of private- and business law (Eramus University Rotterdam) and tax law (Catholic University Brabant).
PAUL MORTON is the Head of Tax for the global downstream business of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group. Previous roles
include Shell UK Head of Tax, European Internal Audit Manager and various tax roles in exploration and production and
other businesses. Previously, Paul was a Tax Manager with KPMG and before that a Tax Inspector in the Inland
Revenue. He is a Council Member of The Chartered Institute of Taxation and a member of the Confédération Fiscale
Européenne. He was the founder and initial Chairman of the European Branch.
OSCAR KINDERS is a Tax Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His specialisms as a Tax
Lawyer are serving UK and Dutch corporates with a focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and spin-offs. He
was seconded to London for two years.

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