European Added Value Assessment on the pan-European pension product (PEPP)

Summary:

This 'European added value assessment' - prepared for the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) - analyses the added value of a pan-European pension product, in particular from the taxation viewpoint. It presents the issues that led a PEPP proposal being made and provides a short overview of key stakeholders' opinions and existing studies. Moreover it consideres the question of PEPP taxation and the impact of costs on final pensions. The analysis concludes by identifying the potential European added value that could be achieved by means of the PEPP proposal.

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