Dark screen for transparency: public access to ultimate ownership data abolished by European Court of Justice

1 December 2022

Maria Maggiore

Laure Brillaud

Social Justice/Untaxed

Dark screen for transparency: public access to ultimate ownership data abolished by European Court of Justice

Maria Maggiore

Laure Brillaud

1 December 2022

About Untaxed

European governments give huge tax benefits to real estate investors and owners - a policy that is common in many member states despite all political differences. Over the past months, Investigate Europe’s team analysed the taxation and loopholes for real estate investments in several European countries. This lures billions of euros to the overheated real estate market.

Public access to company ownership registers is disappearing rapidly across Europe after a court decided to let EU nations close their databases amid privacy concerns.

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