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Annex

COMMITMENTS TO ADOPT THE NEW GLOBAL STANDARD FOR AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION

2017 First Exchange (early adopters timetable): 58 Countries and Jurisdictions*

Argentina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, the Netherlands, Niue, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Uruguay; the UK's Crown Dependencies of Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey; and the UK's Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, and the Turks & Caicos Islands.

* Those in bold signed the framework multilateral competent authority agreement at the Global Forum in Berlin on 29 October under which information will be exchanged. 51 signed in total and more are expected to do so in the near future.

2018 First Exchange: 34 Countries and Jurisdictions

Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Grenada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Marshall Islands, Macao, Malaysia, Monaco, New Zealand, Qatar, Russia, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.

Only five countries with financial centres have not yet committed

Bahrain, Cook Islands, Nauru, Panama, Vanuatu.

The United States will be exchanging under FATCA from 2015


 
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