Press Release: Direct tax: Commission acts against Germany over legislation concerning the pension-savings grant

The European Commission on 13 January 2006 sent Germany a formal request to amend its legislation on the pensions savings grant that is available to individuals in order to encourage them to make provision for their old age. The Commission considered that the unequal treatment of residents and non residents by certain aspects of this legislation was contrary to the EC Treaty provisions on the free movement of workers and persons.