Global Dispatch - October/November 2006

Canada Announces Tax Fairness Plan; Includes New Distribution Tax -- New Canada-Mexico Treaty May Adversely Affect Canadian Investors -- Belgium to Abolish Domestic Dividend Withholding for Corporate Investors -- ECJ Rules in Cadbury Schweppes UK CFC Case -- German Authorities Issue Final Memorandum on Related Party Share Sales Financed with "Tainted Debt" -- German Tax Committee Agrees to 2008 Business Tax Reform Cornerstones -- Spain-Switzerland Amending Protocol Published in Official Gazette -- China-Mauritius Sign Important Tax Protocol -- Malaysia 2007 Budget Released -- Chile Introduces Draft Legislation to Reduce Royalty Withholding -- Mexico Merges Maquiladora, PITEX Programs -- U.S., Belgium Initial New Tax Treaty -- U.S., Iceland Initial New Tax Treaty -- U.S., UK Reach Dual Consolidated Loss Agreement