SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 39Recovery of taxes etc due in other member States

Introduction

1

(1)

This Schedule applies where in accordance with the Mutual Assistance Recovery Directive an authority in another member State makes a request for the recovery in the United Kingdom of a sum claimed by that authority in that State.

(2)

In this Schedule—

(a)

the “Mutual Assistance Recovery Directive” has the meaning given by section 134; and

(b)

the “foreign claim” means the claim in relation to which a request under that Directive is made as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).