According to the United Kingdom, it would be inequitable for RMG to be charged tax on the release of provisions, when it has not received tax relief on those provisions in the first place (17).

It is clear from the judgment under appeal that, by letter of 15 October 2010, the acting Director-General of OLAF informed the applicant, in response to her application for the extension of her temporary contract, that that contract would end on 31 December 2010, bearing in mind that there was no possibility of extension beyond the maximum period of eight years for temporary staff employed within OLAF.

Calls on the Member States to improve substantially their tax surveillance, control and collection capacity, thereby generating additional resources to promote growth and jobs as laid down in the EU 2020 strategy; underlines that national best practices in making tax administration more efficient should be compiled in a transparent manner — preferably in a European code of best practice within the EU-wide tax information system — and carefully taken into account; is concerned by the tendency in a number of Member States to cut staff and other resources at tax authorities and similar bodies; stresses that this could weaken the ability to provide fair and efficient service to enterprises and individuals and to counter tax fraud and tax eva ...[+++]sion; in light of this, urges the Member States to allocate adequate financial and human resources to their national tax administrations and tax audit staff;

Budget 2009 proposes significant new personal income tax relief that will provide immediate benefits such as: increasing the basic personal amount — the amount all Canadians can earn without paying federal income tax; increasing the upper limit of the two lowest personal income tax brackets so that Canadians can earn more before paying higher taxes; effectively doubling the total tax relief provided by the Working Income Tax Benefit by providing an additional $580 million for the 2009 and subsequent taxation years; providing furthe ...[+++]r tax relief to seniors by increasing the Age Credit amount by $1,000 for 2009 and subsequent taxation years; and providing tax measures to help Canadians purchase and improve their homes.

Following allegations made by a complainant by letter registered on 5 April 2006 that the Spanish authorities had granted State aid to Pickman — La Cartuja de Sevilla SA (hereinafter ‘Pickman’ or ‘the company’), the European Commission (hereinafter ‘the Commission’) requested information from the Spanish authorities by letters dated 12 April 2006 and 12 February 2007, to which the Spanish authorities replied by letters registered on 7 June 2006, 30 August 2006 and 18 April 2007.

The Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters has been sent by the Commission to the EDPS by letter of 4 October 2005.The EDPS understands this letter as a request to advise Community institutions and bodies, as foreseen in Article 28 (2) of Regulation nr. 45/2001/EC.