Traduction de «Corporate Information and Client Services » (Anglais → Français) :

33. Stresses the crucial role of large accounting firms, including the ‘Big Four’, in the design and marketing of rulings and tax avoidance schemes that exploit mismatches between national legislations; stresses that those firms, which seem to derive a considerable amount of their revenue from tax services, to dominate most Member States’ auditing markets and to prevail in global tax advising services, constitute a narrow oligopoly; considers that such a situation cannot continue without damaging the functioning of the single market in the fields of activity of the ‘Big Four’; draws attention to the conflict of interest resulting from ...[+++] the juxtaposition, within the same firms, of tax advice and consulting activities intended, on the one hand, for tax administrations and, on the other, for MNCs’ tax planning services, which exploit the weaknesses of national tax laws; takes the view that good practices in this respect must be promoted and that existing codes of conduct should be improved; questions, nevertheless, the effectiveness of corporate codes of conduct and corporate social responsibility policies in tackling this issue; underlines the fact that tax rulings have become, in the EU and worldwide, a common business practice, not only in order to obtain legal certainty or advantageous tax deals, but also in cases where legislative provisions do not allow any room for interpretation; is concerned by estimations from the tax advice industry that a mere 50 % chance of being lawful is sufficient for a tax planning scheme to be recommended to clients ;

(b) where a client information record is created in respect of a client that is a corporation, a copy of the part of official corporate records that contains any provision relating to the power to bind the corporation in respect of transactions with the money services business, if the co ...[+++]py of that part is obtained in the normal course of business;

The committee also heard from Sergeant Doug Ross, an RCMP officer with the Corporate Planning and Client Services of Newfoundland and Labrador.

5. Points out that the rules governing corporate governance are generally designed to maintain a duality of power within the collegiate decision-making body by distinguishing between management and supervisory functions so as to limit conflicts of interest but stresses that non-executive structures may, besides their monitoring task, also have vital advisory, mediating and networking functions, and a particular role in linking up with societal demands and general interest. These rules are also designed to strengthen the role and right ...[+++]s of shareholders, in particular through better information and financial transparency. However, the recent financial scandals and the way they have affected the system as a whole offer grounds for a broader approach to matters of corporate governance; requests therefore that, in addition to the interests of institutional or individual shareholders, which are dealt with in depth in the communication, the Commission should take explicit account of the interests of all other stakeholders (employees, creditors, clients, suppliers, etc.) in the various proposals it will be submitting as part of its action plan, giving particular weight to the principle of corporate social and environmental responsibility; emphasises that decent structures and practices of information and consultation of workers form an indispensable part of European corporate governance and is of the opinion that all European company law directives should contain obligations for information and consultation of employee representatives where major decisions are at stake for the continuity of firms and jobs.

In particular, it is indispensable for an investment firm providing advice or discretionary services on behalf of a client, in order to properly fulfil its agency obligations to its clients, to obtain information on the client's financial position, experience, and investment objectives and to assess the suitability, for that client, of services or transactions in financial instruments which are being considered in the light of this ...[+++] information.

Left to right: Lynn Brodie, Director General of Information and Document Resource Service; Catherine MacLeod, Assistant Parliamentary Librarian and person responsible for the Parliamentary Information and Research Service; Sonia L’Heureux, Parliamentary Librarian; Lynn Potter, Director General of Corporate Services; Jean-Denis Fréchette, Parliamentary Budget Officer; and Ted Buglas, Executive Director, Integrated Client Outreach ...[+++]and Digital Access.