Letter of notification by the European Union to the Swiss Confederation of a technical amendment, by reason of the accession of Croatia, to Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments.

Due to the accession of Croatia, Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments requires a technical amendment in the form provided for by Article 21(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement.

Article 21(2), first subparagraph of the Agreement provides that the list of competent authorities in Annex I may be amended simply by notification of the other Contracting Party by Switzerland for the authority referred to in (a) therein and by the Community for the other authorities.

I hereby notify you on behalf of the Union that the competent authority for Croatia is:

and that this mention has to be added into Annex I to the Agreement under letter (ac) after the competent authorities mentioned under letter (ab).

The application of the technical amendment provided for by this Notification shall have effect as of 1 July 2013.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of our highest consideration,