The European Union on Tuesday expanded its black list of tax havens, including 10 new countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Bermuda. This revised list concerns non-cooperative judicial systems.

The list, which now includes 15 countries, was set up in 2017, following a series of scandals including the Panama Documents and Lux ​​Lakes, which prompted the EU to do more to combat tax evasion by multinationals and the wealthy.

"These countries have not fulfilled the commitments they made to the EU by the agreed deadline, in order to change their procedures," the statement said.

European Union Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscowevi said on Tuesday that the expanded black list of countries and non-cooperative systems would be taxed in about 15 countries and regions, while the "gray list" included 34 other countries and regions.

European Union finance ministers are due to sign later on Monday. But Moscowevi and others noted that the two lists were not fully finalized at the start of the current ministers' talks.

The European Union published the black list in December 2017, amid broader efforts to curb tax evasion.

In addition to a number of States, there are at least five existing regions, namely American Samoa, Guam, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago,
American Virgin. "

Moskovci said that, in general, the process had "tremendous results," adding that the lists initially contained more than 100 tax systems. Adding that among these tax systems that were included in the lists, Stone cooperated system.

"The principle is very simple; if a country assumes its obligations and responsibilities and changes its laws, it leaves the list," he said.

The updated black list is expected to include countries and regions on the gray list, but have not fulfilled their commitments by the end of 2018. However, there is still disagreement in the European Union over the blacklisting of some countries and regions.

The newspaper "Handelsblatt" German on Sunday that Britain and Romania object to the addition of Barbados and "Bermuda to the list, while Italy and the Czech Republic opposed the addition of the United Arab Emirates.

Countries on the blacklist face restrictions on EU funding, but EU countries are divided over the need for further sanctions to encourage reforms.