Brussels, 12 September 2022
The Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union,
Having regard to Commission Decision 2012/C 188/02 of 26 June 2012 setting up a
group of experts on value added tax1
, the ‘VAT Expert Group’,
Having regard to the call for applications of 5 July 2022,
Having regard to the applications received,
Has decided as follows:
Article 1
The organisations referred to in Annex I shall be appointed as members of the VAT
Expert Group.
Article 2
The individuals referred to in the first column of Annex II shall be appointed in a
personal capacity as members of the VAT Expert Group.
The individuals referred to in the second column of Annex II shall be appointed as
alternate of each individual mentioned in the first column of the same row.
Article 3
Members shall be appointed by the present Decision for three years as from 1 October
2022.
Annex I
List of the organisations appointed as members of the VAT Expert Group
1. Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU)
2. MDDP Michalik Dłuska Dziedzic i Partnerzy (MDDP)
3. Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
4. Ecommerce Europe
5. Confédération Fiscale Européenne (CFE)
6. EuroCommerce
7. Federation of German Industries [Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI)] and the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag e.V. (DIHK)
8. International VAT Association (IVA)
9. BDO/Brussels Worldwide Services BV
10. BusinessEurope
11. Business Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD [Business at OECD (BIAC)]
12. Confederazione Generale dell’Industria Italiana (Confindustria)
13. Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF)
14. European Tax Adviser Federation (ETAF)
15. Tax Executives Institute Inc. (TEI)
16. Accountancy Europe
17. Deloitte Services & Investments NV
18. Ernst & Young Core Business Services BV
19. European Banking Federation (EBF)
20. KPMG
21. European VAT Club
22. Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
23. Insurance Europe
24. Spanish VAT Services Asesores SL
25. Vertex (Tax Technology Software & Solutions for Business | Vertex, Inc. (vertexinc.com)
26. LeitnerLeitner
27. Malta Institute of Taxation
28. Procter & Gamble (P&G)
29. Zalando SE
30. EUROCHAMBRES – The Association of European Chambers of Commerce and
Industry
31. Biriș Goran SPARL
32. B2R Law Jankowski, Stroiński, Zięba i Partnerzy, Adwokacka Spółka Partnerska
33. European Express Association (EEA)
Annex II
List of the individuals appointed in a personal capacity as members of the VAT
Expert Group and their alternates
1. Marie Lamensch -Edoardo Traversa
2. Fabiola Annacondia -Zsolt Szatmari
3. Andrea Parolini -Jean Claude Bouchard
4. Joachim Englisch -Tina Ehrke-Rabel
5. Cristina Trenta -Björn Westberg
6. Marta Papis-Almansa -Marja Kaarina Hokkanen
7. Krzysztof Lasiński-Sulecki -Teresa Sławińska-Choryło
Source: ec.europa.eu
